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.
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
There is a slow but sure trickle of city-dwelling Japanese citizens that are swapping the city life for a quieter - and cheaper - life in the country.
Widows often face difficulty in claiming their husband's property and in receiving government compensation and other benefits, activists said.
From India to Indonesia, voters in Asia this year are set to put rights for women, LGBT+ equality and land issues top of the agenda
A new mobile application allows users to rate movies by answering questions on metrics such as representation, agency, sexuality, and intersectionality.
Competition for land use in Southeast Asia has reached crisis point, leading to the innovative solution of floating solar panels.
Singapore imports the majority of its food, leaving it particularly vulnerable to disruptions in supply. Here's how the country is protecting itself.
Japan has more than nine million empty homes and a single mother population of 700,000, who often struggle to find accommodation. This new initiative can solve the two problems.
"Tourism is booming, but we are excluded. And we are worried that we will lose the cases and be removed from here"
The six-month trial will use mobile technology and aims to reduce congestion, cut costs and provide passengers with a more efficient service.
