Resilience Yet Again Part 2

In the Resilience yet again blog last month, I discussed the devastating impact of the 2014 Cyclone HUDHUD on Pedda Jalaripeta slum. Continue reading →

Resilience yet again.

From March through July 2017, I blogged about the Pedda Jalaripeta Slum in Favel Issues. Resilience of a Slum: What, Continue reading →

Evolution of Slum Redevelopment Phase 4

Source for the image above: Bangkok’s canals;  Alex Berger/Flickr Over the past few months, I have blogged about the evolution Continue reading →

Evolution of Slum Redevelopment Part 3

  In the last two blogs, I discussed the Phase 1 and Phase 2 of slum redevelopment policies. In phase Continue reading →

Evolution of Slum Redevelopment Policy Phase II

This blog is part 2 of the Evolution of Slum Redevelopment Policy blog that I started last week. Phase 2: Continue reading →

Evolution of Slum Redevelopment Policy (PHASE 1)

Slums have always been part of the urban landscape since the Industrial Era and over the years, policies such as Continue reading →

Gendered Public Spaces

The discourse of urban planning often assume that the user of public space to be the neutral de-contextualized citizen. This Continue reading →

Open Defecation in India- Is it a Physical issue or a Cultural issue?

  My last series of the blogs were focused on one particular slum, the Pedda Jalaripeta Slum in Visakhapatnam, India. Continue reading →