JK Policy Institute
As India undergoes rapid urbanization, its cities are confronting a significant environmental and public health issue – the urban heat island (UHI) effect. This phenomenon, characterized by higher temperatures in…
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Background India’s rapid urbanization necessitates a focus on healthy urban planning, presenting an opportunity to revive the WHO Healthy Cities approach. The country’s urban areas face challenges like poorly equipped…
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Efficient project management, enhanced collaboration, governance improvement, sustainability initiatives, and citizen-centric services are crucial for successful smart city development.
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The beautiful streams, lanes, and roads of rural Jammu and Kashmir, along with its verdant slopes and plains, are increasingly being polluted by waste. Despite government-formulated strategies and strict guidelines,…
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Kashmir has beautiful aquatic ecosystems, which used to be a safe haven for many local fish species. These fish species are now facing a serious threat of decline. This scary…
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Introduction The Himalayas of Kashmir are crucial to the economy of the mountainous state of Kashmir because of its strategic location. Despite the fact that many freshwater lakes, reservoirs, ponds,…
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Introduction Terrorism is not a new phenomenon instead it can be tracked down to the 19th century. There is no universal consensus of the international community on the definition of…
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Introduction Child sexual abuse is an unpleasant reality that is progressively being documented worldwide. In India, where child sexual abuse has reached epidemic levels, it is a crime that is…
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Presently, there are over 7 billion humans, and 75 million more are being added each year. UN predictions say there could be an extra 2 to 4 billion of us…
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Technically sophisticated, cheap, and lightweight, plastic is one of the world’s most-used materials. Roland Barthes, a French intellectual in his 1957 book Mythologies quotes about plastics: “So, more than a…
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Tourism represents around 6% of world trade and almost 13% of the total global consumer spending. Unlike most other industries, tourism is essentially based on a good environment, and people…
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A growing number of fire incidents in the Kashmir Valley has set the alarm bells ringing. The crowded housing conditions in urban areas has intensified the ever-present and constantly accelerating…
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