Kadambari Shah and Harshita Agrawal share their experience in visiting Japan. In this article, they highlight three key characteristics of the Japanese urban planning: maximising space, integrating public transport systems and focusing on quali...

This policy brief recommends how Mumbai's municipal corporation can stabilise and enhance revenue from one of the city's greatest assets — its land market

 Improving planning frameworks in India will enable urban areas to be more habitable and economically viable for labour and businesses, and drive economic growth.

India is more urban than the official numbers suggest. If thresholds for the categorisation of cities are relaxed, India moves from about a quarter urban to about a half and even more.

The country’s next government will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform Mumbai into a true global financial hub.

IDFC Institute's Pritika Hingorani (Director and Research Fellow), Sharmadha Srinivasan (Associate), and Harshita Agrawal (Senior Analyst), write a chapter titled 'Financing Urban Infrastructure for an Evolving India' in ORF's report, 'Financing Gree...

CEO and Senior Fellow Reuben Abraham speaks to Hub Culture's Executive Editor Edie Lush on urbanisation at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.

Ahmedabad is using a century-old town-planning law to manage urban spread

Alain Bertaud, Dr. Bimal Patel, Vidyadhar Phatak

We have developed a new web-application that allows you to explore the spatial form of India's development over four decades!