Rina Chandran focuses on land and property rights for place, and other humanitarian issues at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, based in Mumbai. She has worked as an editor and reporter for about 15 years in Singapore, New York and India for some of the world’s leading outlets, including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Reuters and Business Line.
Bangkok has unveiled it's new 'Phra Pok Klao Sky Park' built on an unused railway line, to boost wellbeing and mitigate the effects of climate change.
The coronavirus lockdowns are making city dwellers realise how crucial urban farms can be in feeding the urban population.
Emerging technologies are being deployed all across Asia to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, from robots that disinfect hospitals and data in Singapore enabling a detailed mapping of ...
High population densities make cities particularly vulnerable to the spread of infectious disease.
As air quality worsens in many Asian cities, businesses that produce affordable air purifiers are emerging.
The space, atop one of Thailand's oldest universities, mimics rice terraces and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, say landscapers.
"But women are still denied education, forced to marry young, kept from working, and treated no better than animals in the provinces."
In recent years, more than half a dozen of Kabul's gardens and parks have been restored or are being upgraded, with a special focus on making them safer and more accessible to women.
A female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of AI in elections amid concerns that it has stopped women from voting.
Many of Asia's booming cities are failing to preserve their cultural heritage and risk losing traditional knowledge, crucial for inclusiveness and sustainability, say experts.
From medals using metal from old mobile phones, to podiums made from marine plastic waste, Japan is doing all it can to reduce the environmental impact of the upcoming Olympic Games.
The biggest government-backed housing programme ever attempted will use student architects, new technology and local materials to keep costs low.
Aarey Colony, known as the Indian city's "green lung", is under threat for new plans for a subway, where thousands of trees are due to be cut down, which has brought out hundreds of prote...
Advancements in big data can better predict increasingly complex disasters in the Asia-Pacific region and limit their impact on vulnerable people.
With concrete a major source of climate-changing emissions, cities around the world are looking at high-rise wooden buildings instead
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