Studies

Auroville Urban Planning and Development Repository

News in brief

A new website: Auroville Urban Planning and Development Repository has been created. This initiative, led by a group of Auroville residents, brings together hundreds of documents related to the planning and development of Auroville.

Auroville’s impact upon Kuilapalayam village

An interview with, By Alan

School of Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Canada graduate students with their professor, Dr Ajay Agarwal (centre)

In early December, six graduate students and their professor from the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Queen’s University, Canada, visited Auroville to explore the social impact of Auroville on the nearby village of Kuilaypalayam.

Education and Research: excerpts from a framework study

Feature, By Editors

In the October 2023 issue of Auroville Today [#411] we highlighted the 901-page framework study ‘Governance in Auroville’ of Professor Raag Yadava and his associate Nidhi Harihar.

The jump that is still to be made

Feature, By Carel

Are we ready to coordinate Auroville's food sector?

Managing Tourism in Auroville

Feature, By Alan

The community has no policy regarding how to handle tourism. Recently, visiting students studied the situation and made some recommendations.

Rethinking tourism

An interview with Prof Ajay Agarwal, By Alan

Professor Ajay Agarwal was the supervisor of this year’s group of graduate students from Queen’s University, Canada. He initiated the original programme six years ago and since then has accompanied five groups of graduate students to do research on different topics in Auroville.