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• likes a comment: I fully agree.It is therefore a matter of intergovernmental...

  27 August 2012

• "yes JNNURM guidelines talks a little of it but still its silent who will hold the trigger !"

  20 August 2012 on Do u think ur Ciites has a Disaster Risk Reduction action plan in...

• "Dear Sir; you are correct DRR is yet to take shape in urban planning exercise as result many cities in South finds it difficult in disaster like situation. It is often seen in South country spends a..."

  19 August 2012 on Do u think ur Ciites has a Disaster Risk Reduction action plan in...

• published a topic: Do u think ur Ciites has a Disaster Risk Reduction action plan in Place !

  23 July 2012

• "in my experience from India, informal sector does not gets any additional income from WtE."

  16 July 2012 on What role can Waste-to-Energy play in resolving our Urban Energy...

• "Dear Sebastian, I understands your views and am of the opinion that WTE may be an option for SWM but its not the final solution in country like us given the change in lifestyles. Our waster does not..."

  16 July 2012 on What role can Waste-to-Energy play in resolving our Urban Energy...

• "Waste to energy can be solution for developed world that lives most of its year in cold. As the garbage mostly used for district heating system. In developing most of the garbage don't have the..."

  12 June 2012 on What role can Waste-to-Energy play in resolving our Urban Energy...

• likes a comment: Yes Piyush - I would expect that new topics can be added

  26 May 2012

• "hi Kadiri James, infrastructure is one of the indicator but many often we need to look beyond infrastructure into lifestyle, livelihood, living environment, fooding and energy & water. only with..."

  25 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• "will continue part of the discussion; can new topic be added !"

  25 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: Hi Piyush, please note that the Forum continues until WUF!!! We look...

  25 May 2012

• "I understand the discussion will end today; so on my behalf I thank all for ur valuable comments and wish Carlos will take a proper note of it for the Forum; Thanks once again; Happy Weekend; Wish If..."

  25 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• "thanks for the initiatives; looking forward for the reports !"

  25 May 2012 on Wrapping up - A note from the moderators

• likes a comment: Yes, I think the key issue that Piyush presented in this discussion...

  25 May 2012

• likes a comment: It was Lewis Mumford around the 1930s. It's been that long since he...

  23 May 2012

• published a topic: Do you think London 2012 will leave a legacy of Modern Urban Planning beyond Olympics !

  23 May 2012

• "I believes cities have to host these mega events and they are more inclusive than exclusive. Look at China; the whole country & Beijing perception by people around the globe were changed with its..."

  23 May 2012 on Sports mega-events and inequality - why do we host them?

• published a topic: How many pants will we buy for our cities?

  23 May 2012

• "Hi Cornie; u r right Sustainability will remain their for long as it is not just Sexy to use by all including environmentalist but also a catchy term used frequently now. Same time I think "low..."

  23 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: Carlos, I have my doubts on that - I think that "sustainable" is...

  23 May 2012

• "hi Cornie; yes the world has solution but we need leadership mindset to apply it in local version; no matter develop, developed or developing !"

  14 May 2012 on Applying concepts from developed to developing countries

• likes a comment: Piyush - interesting point, Bus Rapid Transit is to a large extent a...

  14 May 2012

• "i think both Developing & Developed country do have solutions for managing cities but it is the mindset that is not allowing both side to learn or implement as per local needs. "

  14 May 2012 on Applying concepts from developed to developing countries

• "Dear Fazal Noor, you have pointed a very interesting points on Markets for Disaster Management Services. Let us see if some participants could address this point of Markets for disaster response..."

  14 May 2012 on What you think about Disaster Risk Reduction for City's Productivity;...

• "Dear Kumar; u r correct Sustainable is not yet understood properly by people those manages cities. However, we need to move to make our Cities practice Sustainable tools that r god for community and..."

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: A very pertinent question. Sustainable seems to be one of the most...

  11 May 2012

• "Dear Diriyai Benson u raised a valid point, what i feel many often our plans remains at top level and its far away from People centric city plan. the time arrived to take this Sustainable development..."

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: The word sustainability has become a catch phrase for political...

  11 May 2012

• "thanks Sunny for the BDay wish ! Its well said what we may call it all balls down to green; then the question is does our cities really respects these green thoughts or again they just stand for..."

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: I think the trend of sustainable is fading away and the tend for...

  11 May 2012

• "HI Carlos you raised a perfect point what i was hinting; do we need a new name for our Cities? Perhaps Sustainable has now used in many names i.e. Low Carbon, Sustainability, Cliamtetech, Urbanites..."

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: Yes, it is interesting how there are some buzz words which start...

  11 May 2012

• "hi Babafemi we need to take care our future generation; so we need our cities to be more sustainable; may be we need to think small and work on it than tempted with bigger thoughts !"

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• likes a comment: It is very simple, does the city termed sustainable jeopardize the...

  11 May 2012

• likes a comment: I believe that nowadays is sexy to call a city sustainable, but only...

  11 May 2012

• "yes Alvaro you are correct to a certain extent sustainable as a word become a fashionable item. But in some cases in smaller cities it is visible when there are more people in Bicycle and walking...."

  11 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• published a topic: What you think about Disaster Risk Reduction for City's Productivity; is their a relation at all or not !

  9 May 2012

• published a topic: What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

  8 May 2012