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BENGALURU (July 21, 2018) — Bengaluru’s trajectory of unprecedented urbanization and economic growth has brought with it the chaos of haphazard development that is negatively
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Informal workers account for 50 to 80 percent of urban employment and...
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projectNew mobility services have the potential to positively redefine urban mobility—if they can better meet the diverse needs of all residents.
Senior Fellow, Air QualityGlobalJessica Seddon is a Senior Fellow, Air Quality, at WRI, where she is an advisor to the Clean Air Catalyst and other global projects on data, environmental governance and the political economy of climate and clean air. Her work focuses on how new sources of information and environmental awareness...
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