The study aims to investigate the concept of Smart Sustainable Cities in traditionally planned and organically grown settlements. Mission is an ambitious project Government India targeting 100 cities for improving their urban quality life. However, there no universally accepted definition smart because its vast vague scope. In such a situation, it becomes important understand where our old stand terms sustainability inclusiveness. methodological approach adopts case analysis Indian Arab...

The mass accumulation of population in the larger cities India has led to accelerated and unprecedented peripheral urban expansion over last few decades. This rapid growth is characterized by an uncontrolled, low density, fragmented haphazard patchwork development popularly known as sprawl. Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) been one fastest-growing metropolitan areas experiencing rampant suburbanization expansion. Hence, understanding its dynamics these rapidly changing environments critical...

In India, urban settlements, especially metropolitan cities, are expanding at a rapid pace, transforming non-built-up areas into built-up landscapes inducing various irreversible environmental consequences. A metropolis generally is composed of statutory the core and rural or periurban periphery, with differences to core. Therefore, simultaneous study growth dynamics different parts in same metropolis, namely (core), (periphery) seems be important for effective planning. This attempts assess...

Neighbourhood commercial centres (NCC) are dynamic hubs that provide essential goods, promote community bonds and drive economic growth. Despite numerous studies on shopping behaviour, there remains a notable gap in understanding how transportation centre-related factors collectively shape the attractiveness of NCCs, especially developing countries like India. This research aims to understand why some NCCs outperform others terms attractiveness. study proposes neighbourhood centre index...

The challenges faced by ethnic migrants in urban areas highlight the importance of gaining a comprehensive understanding their perception. This research investigates adaptive capacities migrants, extending analysis beyond first generation to explain how these communities navigate post-COVID era. study examines dynamics migration, exploring intercultural interactions and evolving experiences successive migrant generations using sentiment techniques. analyzes textual data from in-depth...

The present study attempts to model the spatiotemporal urban growth of Kolkata metropolitan area (KMA), India, in a comparative modeling framework using three (remote sensing and geographic information system) RS-GIS integrated techniques, namely stochastic-choice Markov-chain (STCHOICE), cellular automata-Markov (CA-MARKOV), multi-layer perceptron neural network (MLPNN) coupled with approaches intending monitor land-use efficiency defined by United Nations for sustainable development KMA....

Background: Our study aimed to assess the influence of undernutrition on treatment tolerance, treatment-related complications, and outcomes in acute lymphoblastic leucomia (ALL) patients during induction maintenance phase chemotherapy subsequent follow-up visits. Materials Methods: This retrospective, cohort was conducted between January 2005 September 2012 Departments Pediatrics Radiation Oncology a tertiary care Medical College Hospital Eastern India. Using weight-for-age Z scores (WHO),...

Malignant lymphoma (ML) is one of the most common cancers and prevalent in developed countries. The distribution different subtypes ML varies geographical locations according to World Health Organization (WHO) classification.The study was aimed analyze patterns Eastern India compare it with other locations.Four hundred fifty five patients two large hospitals were included over a period four years categorized WHO classification, using morphology immunohistochemistry (IHC).There 347 (76.3%)...

Climate change risks are disrupting the functioning of urban ecosystems. Developing countries more susceptible to it due poor infrastructure and lack efficient resource management. The situation is especially complex in areas with extreme weather conditions. Keeping this consideration, we seek explore conditions human biometeorology Jaisalmer, India (hot-arid climate) using mixed method approach by exploring Outdoor Thermal Comfort (OTC). situated on Thar desert, a highly populated town,...