Urban Inequality
The SHD’s work spans multiple themes, including housing, health, education, food, water and sanitation, migration, identity, and urban culture, and their intersections with economic, caste, gender, spatial, and climate justice.
This work focuses on
01
Material quality of housing, impact of evictions on everyday life and income security, and access to rights and citizenship.
02
Relationships between housing, infectious and non-communicable diseases, and health outcomes.
03
Mitigation strategies for the exclusionary impacts of COVID-19.
04
Identifying interactions between migration, social identities and climate adaptation.
Projects
Net-Zero Building Fundamentals
Reimagining Education for Equity: Interrogating Policy and Practice
Forest Ecology and Environment Services
Housing Shortage in India
Role of IoT in Rural Water Supply
Legacy Waste Management in Indian Cities
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
Housing Justice: A View from Indian Cities
Writing and Disseminating Grey Literature
Sustainable Cities
Other Focus Areas
Affordable Housing
Social Protection
Employment and Livelihoods
Health
Slum Upgradation
