The Urban Q With Jaya Dhindaw
The Urban Q With Jaya Dhindaw
Indian cities are confronted with the ubiquitous challenges of unplanned growth, lack of access to basic services, inequality and unprecedented climate vulnerabilities. Who owns a city? Whose business is it to create conditions that enable liveable urban areas ? Jaya Dhindaw (Executive Director, Sustainable Cities, WRI India) explores these critical questions by connecting with different city dwellers – business people, thought-leaders, innovators and academicians. Tune into the Urban Q to learn more about the next iteration of Indian cities through the lens of climate change, equity, liveability and economic productivity.
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Lora Prabhu (Director and Co-founder, Centre for Equity and Inclusion, and Convener, National Alliance for Women’s Football, India) shares insights on embedding gender equity in city design and discusses how a sports-based development approach encourages women to participate...Read more
Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal (Chairman, Manipal Hospitals Group) talks about what we must do to enable eco-friendly and wellness-focused cities. He discusses the need for empowered citizens and proactive civic action to build healthier, sustainable and inclusive cities.Read more
Discussing her research, Dr. Jessica Seddon (Director, The Deitz Family Initiative on Environment and Global Affairs at Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs; Co-founder, The Institutional Architecture Lab) talks about the advantages of institutional design-thinking in tackling...Read more
Alain Bertaud (Senior Fellow, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management), a renowned urbanist, outlines the need to align urban planning with economic reasoning. He discusses interdisciplinary collaboration and market-responsive policies that are essential for people-centric...Read more
Ravi Venkatesan (Chairman, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, and Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation) speaks about good governance and the role we all play in shaping liveable cities where sustainability is key.Read more
Dr. Inés Sánchez de Madariaga (UNESCO Chair on Gender) discusses ‘mobility of care’, and advocates for planners to address gender-specific mobility challenges to make cities more inclusive and equitable.Read more
