Tag: Urban Ecology
Shrinking Commons Amidst Delhi’s Unplanned Urbanisation
Ram Kumar Roja, 76 years of age, is standing on a ground, bordered by a few trees and a wall. This one acre piece...
Are Residential Welfare Associations the Missing Key in Urban Governance Models?
There are a few characteristics becoming increasingly common across Indian cities. A deluge of a couple of hours can end up flooding a city....
Demolishing Nurseries to Plant Trees on the Banks of the Yamuna
Every year during the monsoons my social media blows up with reports of the Yamuna floodplains brimming with water, closely followed by stories on...
The 2020 Delhi Riots: The Anatomy of Violence in the City
In what already seems like a lifetime ago, Delhi was burning. This was before the country went into a lock down in an attempt...
The Art of the New Wilderness
Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing photographic series China Recycling maps waste. In them, he provides a frightening visual reminder of a civilisation – human, that is...
The Bastion Dialogues: Dr. Amita Baviskar
Images from the ongoing lockdown are clear enough evidence that the experiences of city dwellers differ vastly based on their social privilege. This means...
The System vs. the Ecosystem: Citizen’s conservation of the Surajpur Wetlands
Authored by Vaishnavi Rathore | This article is the final instalment of Vaishnavi's series 'Ecology and the City', which explores how complications in urban...
From a Bird’s-Eye View
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore | This article is the second instalment of Vaishnavi's series 'Ecology and the City', which explores how complications in urban...
All Park and No Play
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore | This article is the first instalment of Vaishnavi’s series ‘Ecology and the City’, which explores how complications in urban...
