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Gender and sanitation: the hidden issue of gender-based violence
Trucks depositing liquid waste operate on the edge of the Vingunguti settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Image: Adriana Allen Access to safe, dignified and appropriate toilets and sanitation...
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Water justice in cities: from distributional struggles to co-produced...
Rapid urban expansion and the emergence of new urban centres in the Global South is frequently accompanied by a lack of adequate infrastructure and services. This is resulting in declining levels of...
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Reflections of a male researcher interviewing women in Hyderabad, India
Naseer beckoned to me from the other side of a doorway, through which I could see a large-ish courtyard, with several women, of various ages, heads uncovered, going about their mid-morning activities....
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Contradictions of urban mobility: riding a motorcycle in India
The city of Ahmedabad is the seventh largest in India and an interesting case of rapid urban development and large investments on transport-related infrastructure. Policies implemented in the city in...
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Building Partnerships for South-South Cooperation
Considering the increased focus on South-South Cooperation development dialogue and India’s long standing presence in assisting development in various regions of the world, the UK Department for...
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New COP, New Targets, Newer opportunities for India to lower carbon emission
The last quarter of 2015 marked the adoption of three big international agreements, The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and the Paris Agreement. Thus, the New...
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Integrating Women in Economic Development through the Mitreeki Network
Mitreeki : A combination of Maitreyi in Hindi and Urafiki in Swahili symbolising Indo-Africa friendship beyond boundaries Right when we decided to hold our regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya around...
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Reviving cities’ urban fabric through art
Cities are socio-technical systems, precariously integral, capable of growing as well as becoming smaller and fragmented but still functioning. Even though they have a resilient inherent quality, many...
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Urbanisation, smart cities and the future of energy
The Seminar on EU-India Cooperation on Sustainable Urbanization took place in Pune, on the 15-16th September 2016 in a cooperative and multi-disciplinary atmosphere. The workshop was organized by the...
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What is in a name? Applying critical race and feminist lenses to make...
The ‘positionality paragraph’ is a ubiquitous part of many a doctoral thesis and journal paper. It tends to list a series of identity attributes that cover the gender, age, nationality and possibly...
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An introduction to time-space planning: Re-thinking the role of planning in...
Planning temporariness “Given the overwhelming evidence that cities are a complex overlay of buildings and activities that are in one way or another, temporary, why have urbanists been so focused on...
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From a foundry-laborer in Moradabad to a foundry-owner in Mumbai: The housing...
This essay is the housing story of Ahmed (pseudonym) and his family, as it parallels housing-policy shifts in India, particularly in Mumbai. The timeframe for this story intersects with the three...
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