We have developed a new web-application that allows you to explore the spatial form of India's development over four decades! In its first installment, click here to view the growth of India's largest eight metros since 1975 to present.
Users can view high-resolution satellite data on ...
The Guardian documents the astonishing, controversial rise of Shenzhen, an "unremarkable Chinese settlement that ‘smelled of countryside’" to become to world's largest megalopolis.
"Shenzhen, a city of around 11 million people, is now merely one elem...
IDFC Institute hosted a private roundtable on “Facilitating an Easy Market for Affordable Housing Development in India” with developers, financiers, policy experts, and academics. This Briefing Paper summarises the key points raised, supporting the need for a more rationalised, consistent, ...
This CityLab article says "Each city’s unique layout pattern has an effect on its successes and failures.":
"...The maps were created by researchers at the center’s Urban Age program, who have been studying how the layout of rapidly urbanizing cities can affe...
The Indian government's Smart Cities initiative attempts to bolster urban growth through the selection of 100 cities in which "smart" development projects will be given government support. This Hindustan Times article showcases incidents that show how cities may be incentivised by the sche...
In this interview, Roggeveen talks about China’s visible impact on urban development in Africa. He says "Africa is urbanizing at the same pace as China did in the past 30 years, but in a process that is less coordinated and aligned...."
"There are many resemblances. First of al...
Shruti Rajagopalan, Assistant Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Purchase College, talks to IDFC Institute's Pritika Hingorani on her paper "Lessons from Gurgaon: India's Private City", written with Alexander T. Tabarrok, Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at George ...
In this Indian Express Article, Kirit Parikh puts forward ideals of what should constitute a "Smart City", for the Indian government's 100 Smart Cities initiative. He writes:
"For a sustainable low-carbon city, travel, particularly motorised travel, must be minimised. A dense city with mix...
This Economist article explains the nature of urban growth in China. It says:
"Migration from the countryside has helped expand the urban population by 500m—the biggest movement of humanity the planet has seen in such a short time... China has swapped its socialist dream for an Amer...
