Queen’s University, Canada

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.

Day visitors’ responses

Experiences

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.

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.

Preserving the Green Belt

Feature, By Alan

The Green Belt of the Auroville Master Plan has six villages which together have a population six times larger than that of Auroville

In December, a group of post-graduate planning students from Queen’s University, Canada, visited Auroville under the auspices of the Auroville Integral Sustainability Institute.

A project on community participation

Feature, By Gaelle

The Canadian students from Kingston University with professor Ajay Agarwal

During the first two weeks of December, and for the third time, a group of ten students from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada) and their professor Dr.