How can walkability be improved in Indian cities?

[Bhavani Prakash]

Here's an interesting report by India Environmental Portal called, "Walkability in Indian Cities" covering 6 cities in India - Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Indore, Pune, Rajkot and Surat. http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Walkability-India_S...

 

How do you think walkability can be improved in your neighbourhood? 

 

There's also a website http://www.walkscore.com/ (not related to the above survey) where you can get a walkability score for any address in the world! 

[Ashutosh Tiwari]

http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Walkability-India_S...  link is password protected ????

[Bhavani Prakash]

I think the link got cut off, Ashutosh. Try again here...I'm able to access it. Thanks.

http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Walkability-India_S...

[Bhavani Prakash]

If you can manually add /Walkability-India_SEP.pdf at the end because the last few letters are getting cut off.

[Ashutosh Tiwari]

Sorry to say but its again asking for document password......

[Ravindra Gavali]

Dear Bhavani Prakash,

The pdf which have uploaded is password protected and so its not opening without the password. In ur computer it may not password because it recognizes ur PC. So plz remove password protection and reload the file gain to the portal. It cud be an interesting study and we r eagerly waiting for it. I had also been working on similar issue and using GIS to solve the problem.

Thanks

[Bhavani Prakash]

Hi Ravindra,

Unfortunately, the pdf or website is not mine, so I can't remove passwords.  Please go to http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in and search for "Walkability in Indian Cities" and you should be able to come to the document. I was able to retrieve it just now.

Or Please check this link http://tinyurl.com/3udhrmr and see if you can find the document download link. I've shortened it so it doesn't get cut off.  

[Ravindra Gavali]

I regret to inform u that nothing works as mentioned by u. Even visiting the Clean Air Initiatives site and google search wont help. The file from the source itself is password protected.

Anyway, if can view and download this file plz send it to [e-mail]

I will be grateful to u.

[Chandra Kishore]

The file opened up for me. I am attaching it  here.

[Vinodh Valluri]

Thanks for sharing this friends! I was wondering how and why the cities were chosen for this project. Will read to figure that one. VERY glad to see this kind of studies going on in India. There is always hope. The West has developed into a self-destructive system, and India might still have the time to rethink growth, and mature in a sustainable way. Not even 100 years since independence, and we might already need these principles to keep us on the beneficial path.

[sameera kumar anthapur]

The reason some of you were not able to open the file is because of the pdf version in your system is not compatible with the one the walkability report. Please try again with the latest adobe pdf reader 8 and above. If it still doesnt work, please give me your email ids, i would be happy to share the report. CAI Asia believes is sharing information without any costs!