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5 million homes in 5 years - Pakistan's poverty pledge
The biggest government-backed housing programme ever attempted will use student architects, new technology and local materials to keep costs low.
Rina Chandran focuses on land and property rights for place, and other humanitarian issues at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, based in Mumbai. She has worked as an editor and reporter for about 15 years in Singapore, New York and India for some of the world’s leading outlets, including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Reuters and Business Line.
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Geographies in Depth
Citizens of Mumbai are braving arrest and punishment to fight climate change – here's how
Aarey Colony, known as the Indian city's "green lung", is under threat for new plans for a subway, where thousands of trees are due to be cut down, which has brought out hundreds of prote...
Health and Healthcare Systems
From drones to social media, how big data helps Asia weather disaster
Advancements in big data can better predict increasingly complex disasters in the Asia-Pacific region and limit their impact on vulnerable people.
Nature and Biodiversity
Cities are building skyscrapers out of wood to cut carbon emissions
With concrete a major source of climate-changing emissions, cities around the world are looking at high-rise wooden buildings instead
Industries in Depth
Here’s how Japan is breathing new life into its ‘ghost towns’
There is a slow but sure trickle of city-dwelling Japanese citizens that are swapping the city life for a quieter - and cheaper - life in the country.
Education and Skills
Widows of suicide farmers will get land titles in Indian state
Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, activists said.
Education and Skills
1 billion people are going to polls in Asia. Here are the main issues at stake
From India to Indonesia, voters in Asia this year are set to put rights for women, LGBT+ equality and land issues top of the agenda
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
How sexist is that film? This app will help you find out
A new mobile application allows users to rate movies by answering questions on metrics such as representation, agency, sexuality, and intersectionality.
Energy Transition
Why floating solar panels are on the rise in South East Asia
Competition for land use in Southeast Asia has reached crisis point, leading to the innovative solution of floating solar panels.
Nature and Biodiversity
How Singapore is securing its food supply with rooftop farms
Singapore imports the majority of its food, leaving it particularly vulnerable to disruptions in supply. Here's how the country is protecting itself.
Economic Growth
There's a new plan to tackle Japan's overhousing problem - give them to single mums
Japan has more than nine million empty homes and a single mother population of 700,000, who often struggle to find accommodation. This new initiative can solve the two problems.
Economic Growth
Tourism and marine parks threaten Thailand's 'people of the sea'
"Tourism is booming, but we are excluded. And we are worried that we will lose the cases and be removed from here"
Supply Chains and Transportation
Singapore is launching an on-demand bus service to cut congestion
The six-month trial will use mobile technology and aims to reduce congestion, cut costs and provide passengers with a more efficient service.
Manufacturing and Value Chains
Bamboo homes could be the future of affordable city housing
The low-cost CUBO was designed by a 23-year-old graduate and won first prize in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' Cities of our Future competition.
Nature and Biodiversity
This Philippine resort city has chosen a 'morally correct' low-carbon path
When Theresa Walgraeve and her husband set up their 15-room resort in Puerto Princesa, a city on the Philippine island of Palawan, they worried about mosquitoes and monsoon damp - and the...