Since urbanization is a newly emerging trend in Northeast India, we have been blessed with a chance to progressively think about our urban areas and turn them into sustainable and healthy ecosystems.
Article by Ringsmaidi Nunisa Assam in the Northeastern corner of India is the meeting ground of different ethnic communities like the Boro Kachari, Garo, Deori, Dimasa, Karbi , Kuki, Mising… Read more A Glimpse of the Dimasa Culture →
Article by Sagarmoy Phukan and Aditya Bhuyan Introduction The quantity of municipal solid wastes generated in urban centres of Assam has been consistently rising over the years. Guwahati, the gateway… Read more The Chandrapur situation: Thoughts on waste management situation of Guwahati →
Article by Sreekar Maddala Migration, whether internal or international, has always been one of the forces driving the growth of urbanization and bringing opportunities and challenges to cities, migrants and… Read more Urbanization of Dibrugarh: A view into the social aspect →
Article by Trishanku Bhuyan In the 1970s when theatre companies in Assam started using projections on stage, they called it ‘cine-theatre’. I borrow this term from the industrial… Read more The Intermedial ‘Cine-Theatre’ of Assam →
Article by Nayani Sarma Since the turn of the twenty-first century, scholars, journalists and activists from India’s north-eastern region have been regularly writing about environmental problems faced by this region.… Read more Introspection on the environmental education in India’s North-East →
Innovation and entrepreneurship are increasingly being recognised as important to achieve the sustainable development goals, and sustainability goals in general, especially in the urban context. Cities in the global south… Read more WasteAid launches €10,000 Zero Waste Cities Challenge in Guwahati: A global initiative targeting a local problem →
Article by Sabnam Kalita Land is the most important natural resource on which all activities are based. Land Use-Land Cover changes are dynamic processes taking place on the surface of… Read more Studying changes around Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary: The home to One Horned Rhinos →
Northeast Development Agency (NEDA) 