Mark Bergen
Mark Bergen is a contributing writer to The Atlantic Cities. He also reports on economics and business from Bangalore.
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Selling Solar Power in India's Slums
The country is fast outgrowing its electric grid. Are small-scale solar projects the solution?
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Maps
Why It's Nearly Impossible to Make GPS Work for India
A "classic example of copy-pasting a first world solution in an emerging economy."
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Why India Keeps Its Cities So Short
Despite an urban development explosion, the country hasn't developed a taste for skyscrapers and tall building.
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Urban Planning's Role in Making India Safer for Women
A month after a gruesome gang rape, New Delhi takes aim at the lowest-hanging fruit: Improving public spaces.
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Mumbai's Walkability Problem: Plenty of Pedestrians, Not Enough Sidewalks
Though the city sees 15 million walking trips a day, the infrastructure is abysmal. But some developers are trying to change that.
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India's Optimist
Urban India is not known for its orderliness. But Bish Sanyal says there's reason to be hopeful.
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Why India's Big City Shopping Malls Are Dying Out
The recession, coupled with obscenely high rents, are forcing superstores out of business.
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Can India's 'City of Architects' Green the Building Industry?
The country's national construction is on pace to heighten emissions by nearly 400 percent in less than 40 years. But these designers are trying to change that.
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Bangalore Street Art Aimed at Curbing the Men Who Pee There
The 'Pee Project' is part of a tide of new public art that takes the city as its canvas and its inspiration.
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A Wild Ride Down India's First Bike Lane
In Bangalore, the infrastructure is there. Teaching cyclists (and drivers) how to use it is another matter entirely.
