My Community, My Neighborhood Geographic focus: India / Calcutta
Date completed: 2002 Neighborhoods must be organized with care
if they are to urbanize smoothly. Sourjya Mukherjee, a student
from Calcutta, India, created a land use map of her neighborhood
and described threats to standards of living there (garbage in
the streets, flooding due to drains being clogged, open drains
that breed mosquitoes, lack of a library or clean playground,
etc). Sourjya proposed several solutions to these problems,
including stricter enforcement of laws, public awareness
campaigns, and better cooperation among neighbors. Topics /
keywords: Urbanization; Neighborhood Planning