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Oates, L.E. (author), Datey, Abhijit (author), Sudmant, Andrew (author), Gillard, Ross (author), Gouldson, Andy (author)Current approaches to the provision of shelter, largely driven by national governments and/or the commercial private sector, continue to fall short of what is needed to reduce housing deficits. The number of people without access to adequate housing continues to grow, especially in cities of the Global South. Increasing attention is being paid...journal article 2024
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Hol, Thirza (author)Recently, the world population has crossed 8 million people and it is estimated that out of every three persons two cannot afford surgery (Meara et al., 2015a). Surgery is the primary treatment for one-third of the diseases (Quene et al., 2022), but since 6 percent of all procedures are performed in the poorest countries, where more than one...master thesis 2023
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Loon, Vincent (author)At a time when India experiences rapidly rising living standards, while facing increasing sustainability challenges, decoupling economic growth from the increase in energy consumption is a critical challenge. Energy efficiency solutions in the residential sector have an important role, as these can significantly curb energy consumption. To steer...master thesis 2023
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Angou, Gayathri (author)This research studies groundwater sustainability in the Ramganga river basin of northern India. This region experiences a trifecta of hydrological stressors from groundwater over-extraction, frequent flooding during wet seasons, and agricultural droughts during dry seasons. There is a growing body of interventions known as...master thesis 2023
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Nandigam, Sai Pavan (author)The transportation sector is a major contributor to global emissions, with road transportation responsible for a significant part of these emissions. Electric mobility, particularly Solar Electric Vehicles (SEVs), offers a solution to deal with the challenges encountered by traditional electric vehicles ultimately contributing to reducing...master thesis 2023
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Sen, Amrita (author)Modernity in India was born as a response to the practical need for infrastructure in the post-independence (1947) period. Locally produced concrete became the primary material for building, displaying India’s self-sufficiency and construction prowess. Local and international architects used concrete by adopting the prevailing global trends of...student report 2023
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Roy, Aparna (author), Naskar, Malay (author), Sinha, Archana (author), Manna, Ranjan K. (author), Sahu, Sanjeev K. (author), Ekka, A. (author), Das, Basanta K. (author)Small indigenous fishes (SIF) play a crucial role in supporting the livelihoods and nutritional security of the rural population in Southern Asia. However, their abundance and diversity are under threat due to overexploitation and profitable extensive aquaculture, resulting in a sharp decline, particularly in India. Unfortunately, conservation...journal article 2023
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Chindarkar, Namrata (author), Goyal, N. (author)Electricity access is an important issue and building capacity for it requires drawing relevant lessons from past policies. In this study, we evaluate the effect of the Jyotigram Yojana, or the lighted village scheme, a supply-side policy intervention during 2003–08 to increase rural electricity access in Gujarat, India. We hypothesize that...journal article 2023
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Gomes, S.L. (author), Hermans, L.M. (author), Butsch, Carsten (author), Banerjee, Partha Sarathi (author), Luft, Sarah (author), Chakraborty, Shreya (author)Adaptation pathways is a planning approach used to design flexible, long-term strategies for dealing with future uncertainty. However, emphasis on how to discuss pathways elements with stakeholders during the pathways building process is under-represented in the existing pathways literature. This paper presents a participatory methodology for...journal article 2023
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Hädrich Silva, R. (author), Stead, D. (author), Zwarteveen, Margreet (author), Kuzniecow Bacchin, T. (author)The Netherlands has initiated a process of ‘policy boosterism’ that attempts to make Dutch urban water culture and its associated imaginary of water sensitivity fit for global export. This strategic shift depends on the collaboration of a mosaic of actors, private and non-private to promote knowledge sharing between countries. As this new...conference paper 2023
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Gomes, S.L. (author), Hermans, L.M. (author), Chakraborty, Shreya (author), Luft, Sarah (author), Butsch, Carsten (author), Sarathi Banerjee, Partha (author)Peri-urban transformations in emerging economies like India demand scientific attention given their impact on global environmental change processes. Some studies examine past or ongoing peri-urban adaptation processes, but insight into future adaptation needs and aspirations of peri-urban communities is lacking. Also, it is unknown how the high...journal article 2023
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Oates, L.E. (author), Kasaija, Peter (author), Sseviiri, Hakimu (author), Sudmant, Andrew (author), Ersoy, A. (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author)The delivery of urban basic infrastructure services is often guided by the modern infrastructure ideal, which aims for technical innovation, economic efficiency and uniformity through long-term, centralized management approaches. In rapidly growing urban centres of the global South, however, heterogeneous infrastructure configurations have...journal article 2023
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Thomas, John (author)With growing demand for energy and the shift towards renewable energy, countries like India are targeting energy mixture with alternate sources like solar, wind and water. With the current growth of solar energy use in India, it is predicted that high amounts of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) waste would be generated in the near future which left...master thesis 2022
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Dolan, Olivia (author)The exponential population growth of Navi Mumbai and the Global South results in urgency for housing, quality of life and resources. Maker Housing proposes through architectural design and spatial organization an alternative mode of living in these unique urban contexts. Gaothans is a Marathi word which is derived from the words ‘Gaon’ (which...master thesis 2022
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Karakoullis, Anthea (author)Navi Mumbai is the largest planned city in the world, situated on the west coast of India, in Maharashtra state. Despite there being roughly an equal divide between the sexes, pubic space Navi Mumbai remains a male domain similar to many other cities around the world. Women’s access to public space is highly conditional and therefore their...master thesis 2022
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Vreedenburgh, Laszlo (author)Electricity is essential in the modern world. Although India is near reaching 100% electrification, for many of its citizens, reliable access to electricity is still a major issue. It is not clear how, when, and where the reliability issues arise. Previous studies have not shed light on electricity outages at a granular level. Furthermore,...master thesis 2022
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Månsson, Isabella (author)India has a cultural acceptance of gender-based violence which leads to unsafe situations for women. The cycle of violence is an ongoing phenomenon that has not given much room for improvement or prevention. But when a woman does get a chance to escape, the possibilities of a better life are minimal. Navi Mumbai’s development has a tendency for...master thesis 2022
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Elango, oviya (author)Emergence of humans as the dominant species of the planet have come along with extreme manipulation of the earth’s systems to sustain this dominance. The Anthropocene has lasted a little over 200 years has perhaps seen the most shift from completely natural systems to requiring an additional man-made system to aid exponential growth of our...master thesis 2022
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Shettigar, Sanjana (author)Smart City forms the new urban imaginary of the recent era. It primarily emerged from the West and has a wide set of definitions that revolves around the use of technology for urban development. With the concept’s growing popularity in the Global South, countries such as India have adopted it as a national program called Smart City Mission to...master thesis 2022
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Bareman, Aart-Jan (author)Technologies for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) need to take <br/> into account local cost, usability and maintenance challenges, and ‘modular’ <br/> device designs can be one way of overcoming these challenges. However, <br/> despite research into the design advantages of these devices, the adoption<br/>challenges have not yet been...master thesis 2022