Look around yourself, and then if I tell you that whatever you have seen, observed and visualized, can be captured, stored, checked, and be displayed as positions on the earth surface, will you be surprised! All this is possible and is actually being done by using ‘Geographic Information Systems’ (GIS). […]
India’s bid to develop 100 smart cities to boost the nation’s economy seems to be at odds with the recent urban floods in Gurgaon and Bangalore, and of course the devastating Chennai floods in 2015. These instances of massive water logging and urban flooding in cities that have been known […]
From the recent flooding chaos in Gurgaon and Bangalore to the Chennai floods in 2015, these events are true examples of how demographic changes and mindless urbanization lead to urban flooding. It’s high time for the municipal authorities to focus on more sustainable planning, to avoid such incidents in the […]
