In parts of northern India, including Delhi, life expectancy shrivels by over nine years from breathing filthy air, a situation that can be reversed only through drastic policy changes and action

Co-directors of Wade, an award-winning short film, say what it’s like to imagine a dystopia in your home city and what they hope the film will achieve

A lack of political will and outdated laws hamper the creation of urban forests in India, but there is no lack of good examples that can be adopted

Due to a clogged, ineffective drainage system, even a short shower brings great misery to residents; experts say solutions can come from improved urban planning

Migrant workers in India, Pakistan and Nepal are crushed by poverty as earnings come to an abrupt halt in the lockdown forced by the Covid-19 pandemic

The ancient water distribution system through stone spouts provides both water and arena for social theatre

The pandemic has shown that universal access to water is critical to public health, sustainable development and economic growth – the politicians must act now

Culture, health and urban management collide as Bhutan tries to get to grips with its challenge of thousands of stray dogs

Packed inside tiny homes on metre-wide lanes, slum dwellers facing the Covid-19 pandemic wonder how they can distance themselves

A new study identifies key issues that are driving the water crisis of towns and cities across the Himalayan region