Posts : City Growth

Growth of Cities

rs - 27-JUL-2011

Hi

I came across this TED talk which might be of some interest to some of you.

Re-Imagining the World-Class City

chris.kurian - 18-NOV-2010

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements [www.iihs.ac.in] announces an Institute on 'Re-Imagining the World-Class City' at Bengaluru from the 3rd to the 9th of January 2011.

Big10 , MBS and Circular Bus Routes for Mysore

Vasanth - 24-MAY-2009

Mysore city bus routes are very old fashioned and Mysore Division is not taking any pain to change the routing structure.  For example to get around to neighbouring areas, you do not have direct access to buses. For example Kuvempunagar to Vidyaranyapuram. One has to all the way upto CBS or Siddapajji Sqauare atleast, change the bus and then reach Kuvempunagar which easily takes 1 hour+.

Revenue Sites

psaram42 - 28-OCT-2008

Yesterdays TOI paper had a front Page report Site Registration freeze may go.

Bangalore Traffic Woes, avoid ad hoc solutions please!

psaram42 - 25-AUG-2008

Bangalore, keeping in pace with other cities in the world, has grown exponentially over the past half a century. The Key question while planning traffic solutions for such a growing city obviously would be “how to account for possible future growth?” Bangalore has a very good example in the Kempe Gouda Towers. Kempe Gouda had in his wisdom estimated the boundaries of Bangalore and built the Towers known after him.