# Urban Planning considerations and variables

**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/urban-planning-considerations-and-variables/1275
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**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/urban-planning-considerations-and-variables/1275 "2023-03-03T12:51:12Z")
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### Author: ![sameershisodia](https://grove.rainmatter.org/user_avatar/grove.rainmatter.org/sameershisodia/32/24_2.png) [@sameershisodia](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/sameershisodia)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/urban-planning-considerations-and-variables/1275/1 "2023-03-03T12:51:12Z")

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Urban India needs a lot of fixes, especially from an ecology/climate lens. I had the pleasure of listening to Ashok Lall, a leading architect and urban expert on some of the key frames in which to think about this.

Here’s another set of slides from him I found online, where he discusses heat, affordability, resilience and urban density.

> **[Ashok-B-Lall\_liveable-cities.pdf](https://www.grihaindia.org/events/reg-conf2015/presentations/Day1/Ashok-B-Lall_liveable-cities.pdf)**
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