Category: Micro-level Planning

Manifesto for compassionate cities

Manifesto for compassionate cities With the pace of economic development increasing in our country, it is inevitable that there will be increasing urbanization. The urbanization by itself does not say much about the extent to which people care and have love for each other. Certainly, the kind of institutions and technologies we use will influence…

how to make urgent as important: Ways of Knowing, Feeling and Doing

A paradox of modern times is that as our awareness about new knowledge is increasing, our ability to develop a feel for the problems around us is decreasing. It seems we are getting immunised by an ever expanding exposure and awareness. Thus while we develop feel for only a very small part of our daily knowledge, we take even lesser initiatives for…