Shivani Singh heads the urban affairs vertical for Hindustan Times. A journalist for over 25 years, she writes about cities and urban concerns.
Articles by Shivani Singh
Why cities need action plans to cope with muggier, hotter monsoons
North India's monsoon is becoming more uncomfortable due to rising humidity, necessitating urgent urban planning and heat mitigation strategies.
Updated on Sep 22, 2024 10:01 PM IST
India set the international best practice for driving electrification of buses: ICCT
Drew Kodjak, executive director of International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) shared his insights on transition from fossil-fuelled vehicles to battery-powered EVs
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 03:25 PM IST
Answer is not in Metro or BRT alone but multimodal system: Former Bogota mayor
On her visit to India, Lopez, the former Bogota mayor, who is now a 2024 ALI Fellow at Harvard University and advisor to the WRI, a global think tank, spoke with HT about the importance of strong city leadership. She highlighted initiatives made during her tenure
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 05:56 PM IST
Climate-proofing cities: Will Mumbai pilot offer lessons?
Although delayed, actions to minimise the impact of an expected climate upheaval have been initiated across our country
Published on Jul 07, 2024 09:25 PM IST
Urban planning must focus on land for public purposes: Author Vidyadhar Phatak
Phatak’s book argues that planners should not prescribe population densities in cities; that, as believed, the market does not “faithfully” follow development plans
Published on May 22, 2024 12:38 PM IST
Learning the way of the water holds the key to decluttering city traffic
Water transport lost favour as roads and bridges made travel faster. But that is not the case anymore. Now, waterways offer parallel routes to many destinations
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 11:38 AM IST
Contrary to popular narrative, India not urbanising rapidly: OP Mathur
According to Mathur, rural-to-urban migration in India is low compared to other countries because the languages, religions and habits differ.
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 10:53 PM IST
We can’t air-condition our way out of global heating problem: UN heat officer
In 2022, the two organisations announced a collaboration and created this position to mainstream heat response and resilience-building actions in cities worldwide
Updated on Feb 26, 2024 05:56 AM IST
‘BRT works when it provides efficient service and end-to-end connectivity’
Shivanand Swamy, professor emeritus at the centre of excellence in urban transport at CEPT University, bats for the BRT in Indian cities
Updated on Jan 14, 2024 05:45 PM IST
‘Cities at centre of climate discussion for first time’
Interview with Shruti Narayan, regional director, South and West Asia, at C40 Cities, following the recently held Conference of the Parties (COP)
Published on Dec 24, 2023 10:50 PM IST
‘Easiest way to control urban flooding is giving water more space’: Prof
Peking University professor Kongjian Yu says sponge city is a model based on the regulation of stormwater adaptation to the monsoon.
Updated on Oct 30, 2023 12:53 AM IST
Cities must transform to gain from reform push, finds report
The Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems: Shaping India’s Urban Agenda noted that urbanisation in India is outpacing outlays in civic spending
Updated on Oct 18, 2023 05:30 AM IST
India is urbanising faster than the cities can catch up: Janaagraha ASICS report
The ASICS report said development authorities and not city governments were leading devolution process except Mumbai, where the mayor serves in planning committee
Updated on Oct 17, 2023 09:32 PM IST
‘Increase investments to address infra deficit, achieve sustainable development’
CDRI has made a strong case for enhanced investments in systems and structures that can withstand natural hazards and climate change-induced disasters
Published on Oct 15, 2023 05:48 PM IST
'If you wait till everyone owns cars, they'll vote against road-pricing'
Walter Theseira, of the Singapore University of Social Science, says if congestion charges are adequate, driving a car will be a choice rather than a necessity.
Published on Oct 01, 2023 06:37 PM IST
Road ahead for gridlocked Bengaluru: Congestion pricing or parking reform?
Cities such as Singapore, London and Stockholm that have imposed congestion pricing have demonstrated the complexities the exercise involves
Published on Sep 28, 2023 02:01 PM IST
‘India is the country that will benefit most from parking reforms’
Indian cities have some of the most valuable land on earth. Yet it’s free if you bring a car. And if you don’t have a car, you get nothing, says Donald Shoup
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 05:06 PM IST
‘Indian cities need diversity in housing stock, more open space’
Master plans in Indian cities have not paid attention to the urban economy aspect, says UN Habitat’s Parul Agarwala
Updated on Aug 20, 2023 09:22 PM IST
Global climate finance key for cities to battle climate crisis: Kevin Austin
Kevin Austin of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group emphasised the need for data, political will, and technical capacity building to support climate action
Updated on Aug 01, 2023 05:58 PM IST
Shivani Singh, New Delhi
Public transit not judged by efficiency, but by how many use it: OP Agarwal
Retired IAS officer and former CEO of World Resources Institute (India) OP Agarwal speaks about issues plaguing urban transport, among other concerns
Updated on Jul 17, 2023 11:10 AM IST
Yamuna back to reclaim its floodplain in Delhi
Experts say that even temporary construction on the floodplain can destroy the local ecology and restrict the natural flow of water
Updated on Jul 14, 2023 02:19 PM IST
'Climate crisis not only urban, but also rural and developmental': IIHS director
Aromar Revi, director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, says climate change will trigger water and food crises.
Updated on May 29, 2023 05:39 PM IST
Success in transport lies in buses, says Shashi Verma
Shashi Verma, chief technology officer at TfL, talked to HT about the key issues in transport planning for urban centres, big and small.
Published on Mar 13, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Metro Matters | Delhi’s pedestrianisation projects deserve another push
Ensuring walkability in a car-crazy city is no easy task. It requires a consolidated effort to ensure proper implementation, maintenance and scaling up of pedestrian projects
Updated on Feb 19, 2022 03:17 PM IST
Metro Matters | In Delhi, creating open spaces for every neighbourhood
Nearly one-fourth of Delhi is green, but it has to find ways to ensure a more equitable distribution of open areas for residents to have access to quality outdoor spaces locally
Updated on Jan 24, 2022 02:23 PM IST
Metro Matters | The need to declutter Delhi
Time agencies and communities came together to enforce parking rules and declutter Delhi
Published on Jan 07, 2022 01:38 PM IST
Metro Matters | Needed: Systemic changes to prevent air emergencies in Delhi-NCR
Temporary measures, experts say, are meant to prevent any further build-up in the air pollution levels and only buy time for the wind to pick up
Updated on Dec 15, 2021 01:55 PM IST
Metro Matters | To defeat dengue, Delhi needs a multipronged approach
The disease burden can be reduced with disciplined urbanisation, provision of basic amenities, public participation and sustained prevention mechanisms
Updated on Nov 27, 2021 04:13 PM IST
Delhi’s pollution action plan stuck in fine print and protocol, needs relook
Experts said these protocols need a relook to make pollution control measures pre-emptive and not reactive as they are now.
Updated on Nov 15, 2021 04:52 AM IST
Metro Matters | Delhi must make reduce, reuse fashionable again
Reduce, repair and reuse are not alien concepts. These are traditional practices that just need refurbishing to make them fashionable again
Updated on Nov 09, 2021 12:03 PM IST