Professor Darshini Mahadevia is a well-known scholar whose research focuses on equity concerns within urban policies relating to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and human and general development. She received her doctoral degree in Urban and Regional Development from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prior to joining Ahmedabad University, she coordinated the Centre for Urban Equity and was the Dean of the Faculty of Planning, at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. In particular, Professor Mahadevia’s research has focused on cities and the policies and processes of their development from an equity perspective. More specifically, with regard to the modernist, deterministic and top-down approach taken in the discipline of urban planning, she has argued that a bi-focal view must be developed to assess the impact such an approach has on the economically, socially and politically weak segments of the population (the urban poor, recent migrants, women in general, and women belonging to the low-income segment), and increasingly on the city’s ecological resources. Currently, she is looking at urban data systems, their mapping, and whether urban development dynamics are sustainable and equitable. At Ahmedabad University this year, she is teaching a course on urban finance, and is part of two interdisciplinary courses -- one on the city of Ahmedabad, and the other on neighborhoods.

Ongoing:

1. Sept 2019 to August 2021 - Opportunities for Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Development (OPTIMISM) for Study of Decarbonisation of Urban Transport, in partnership with Imperial College, London, UK; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Waseda University, Japan. Funded by Department of Bio-Technology, Government of India (for Indian Component of the study). January 2020 to December 2020 - Survey of heat associated morbidities in the local population. Funded by University Research Board, Ahmedabad University.

Completed:

1. Building Inclusive Urban Communities in partnership with University of Twente, Netherlands; Karpagam University, Coimbatore, India; School of Planning and Architecture, Vijaywada, India; Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai; Lunds University, Sweden; and Danube University, Krems, Austria, funded under Erasmus Plus.
2. Inclusive Urban Housing as Climate Change Resilience Strategy, towards “Preparation of Third National Communication (TNC) and other new information to the UNFCCC”, Funded by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India.
3. Mobility in the peripheries: A scoping project in partnership with Sheffield University, UK; Wits University, Johannesburg; MIDS, Chennai. Funded by British Academy.
4. Gender Sensitive Budgeting for Urban Sector. Funded by the UNWomen, India.
5. Dynamics of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Policies and Planning, in partnership with the Institute of Human Development, New Delhi. Funded by the International Development Research Council (IDRC), Canada and DFID UK.
6. Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) in partnership with the IIM Ahmedabad and UNEP DTU Partnership, Technical University of Denmark. Funded by Institut Du Développement Durable Et Des Relations Internationales (IDDRI).
7. Promoting Low Carbon Transport in India, in partnership with the UNEP Risoe Centre (URC), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD). Funded by the Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany.
8. Gender and Urban Transport, India. Funded by the UNEP.
9. State of the Urban Informal Economy in Ahmedabad, under the Informal Economy Monitoring Study. Funded by the Self Employed Women’s Association and Women in Informal Economy and Governance.
10. Preparation of Slumfree City Plan for Rajkot. Funded by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation

Books/ Booklets/ Discussion Papers

1. Mahadevia, Darshini and Neha Bhatia (2018): Urban Planning Education for Inclusive Cities: Global and Indian Perspectives, Report prepared for the Building Inclusive Urban Communities (BInUCom) project, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union: https://moodle.donau-uni.ac.at/binucom/pluginfile.php/405/mod_page/content/8/02.05.2019_Study_2_Urban%20Planning_V4.pdf

2. Mahadevia, Darshini, Neha Bhatia and Renu Desai (2018): City Résumé Ahmedabad, Report prepared for the Building Inclusive Urban Communities (BInUCom) project, funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union: https://moodle.donau-uni.ac.at/binucom/pluginfile.php/402/mod_page/content/15/_Study_1_Ahmedabad_V6_1.pdf.

3. Mahadevia, Darshini; Madhav Pai and Anjali Mahendra (2018): Ahmedabad: Town Planning Schemes for Equitable Development—Glass Half Full or Half Empty?, August, World Resources Report, Ross, Centre, World Resources Institute, Washington DC. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/wrr-case-study-ahmedabad.pdf

4. Mahadevia, Darshini; Liyan Zhang and P.R. Shukla (2017) Sustainable Biomass Practices in China – Case Studies and Policy Environment, Concept Publishing, Delhi.

5. Mahadevia, Darshini (2015) Gender Sensitive Transport Planning for Cities in India, UNEP DTU Partnership, Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development Technical University of Denmark. http://www.unep.org/transport/lowcarbon/publications.asp

6. Shukla, P.R., Subash Dhar, Minal Pathak, Darshini Mahadevia and Amit Garg (2015): Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, India, IDDRI, Sustainable Solutions Network, IIM Ahmedabad, UNEP DTU Partnership, and CUE, CEPT University. http://deepdecarbonization.org/countries/#india

7. Mahadevia, Darshini (ed.) (2015): Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi.

8. Mahadevia, Darshini; Suchita Vyas and Aseem Mishra (2014): Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India, Informal Economy Monitoring Study, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Manchester UK, March. http://wiego.org/publications/city-report-informal-economy-monitoring-study-street-vendors-ahmedabad-india

9. Mahadevia, Darshini; Aseem Mishra and Suchita Vyas (2014): Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India, Informal Economy Monitoring Study, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Manchester UK, April. http://wiego.org/publications/city-report-informal-economy-monitoring-study-home-based-workers-ahmedabad-india

10. Mahadevia, Darshini (2013), Urban Poverty in India and Post-MDG Framework, Oxfam India Working Paper Series, OIWPS – 17, April. Source: http://www.oxfamindia.org/sites/default/files/Working%20paper%2017.pdf

11. Mahadevia, Darshini and Sandip Sarkar (2012), Handbook of Urban Inequalities, Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

12. Mahadevia, Darshini; Rutul Joshi and Abhijit Datey (2012): Accessibility and Sustainability of Bus Rapid Transit in India, UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde. http://www.unep.org/transport/lowcarbon/publications.asp

13. Mahadevia, Darshini (2012): Decent Work in Ahmedabad: An Integrated Approach, ILO Asia Pacific Working Paper Series, Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, Bangkok. June. Source: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_181745.pdf

14. Mahadevia, Darshini (2012): Monitoring the Implementation of Social Security for the Urban Poor – Case Study in Gujarat, Paper No. 16, HIVOS Knowledge Programme. www.hivos.net/content/.../file/The%20long%20road_paper%2016x.pdf

15. Mahadevia, Darshini (2011): Tenure Security and Urban Social Protection in India, CSP Research Report 05, Centre for Social Protection, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, 2011. https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/ResearchReport05FINAL.pdf

16. Mahadevia, Darshini (ed.) (2008): Inside the Transforming Urban Asia - Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi.

17. Mahadevia, Darshini and Jeanne Wolfe (eds) (2008): Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi.

18. Hirway, Indira and Darshini Mahadevia (2005): Gujarat Human Development Report, 2004, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad. (http://data.undp.org.in/shdr/gujarat/report.pdf)

19. Mahadevia, Darshini and Vimal Khawas (2005): Gender Budgeting - Impact of Policies and Programmes on Women of Agricultural Households in Gujarat, Discussion Paper, 9, Human Development Resource Centre, UNDP, India. (http://data.undp.org.in/hdrc/dis-srs/Gndr_Budg/Gndr_Budg.pdf)

20. Mahadevia, Darshini (2003): Globalisation, Urban Reforms and Metropolitan Response: India, Manak Publishers, Delhi.

21. Kundu, Amitabh and Darshini Mahadevia (eds.) (2002): Poverty and Vulnerability in a Globalising Metropolis: Ahmedabad, Manak Publishers, Delhi.

22. Mahadevia, Darshini (2000): Moving Towards Food Insecurity: The Case of Gujarat, Vikas Adhyayan Kendra Publication, Mumbai. Booklet translated in Gujarati.

23. Mahadevia, Darshini (1999): Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: Case of Gujarat, for Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.

24. Mahadevia, Darshini (1998): Development Dichotomy in Gujarat, for Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.


Articles in Journals


1. Mahadevia, Darshini and Saumya Lathia (2019): “Women and Public Spaces: Learnings from Sabarmati Riverfront”, Urban Planning, 4 (2) pp. 154-168. Link: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/2049/2049

2. Mahadevia, Darshini; Neha Bhatia, and Ritika Sebastian (2019), “Gender Responsive Budgeting for Indian Cities – Case of Bhopal and Pune”, Environment and Urbanisation – Asia, 10 (1), pp.44-62.

3. Desai, Renu; Darshini Mahadevia and Shachi Sanghvi (preprint): "Urban Planning, Exclusion and Negotiation in an Informal Subdivision: The Case of Bombay Hotel, Ahmedabad", International Development Planning Review.

4. Mahadevia, Darshini and Ghanshyam Shah (2018): “Social Activist and Catalyst for Justice: Girish Patel (1932-2018), Economic and Political Weekly, 53 (42), pp. 18-20.

5. Mahadevia, Darshini; Neha Bhatia and Bijal Bhatt (2018): “Private Sector in Affordable Housing? – Case of Slum Rehabilitation Scheme in Ahmadabad, India”, Environment and Urbanisation, Asia, 9 (1), March, pp. 1-17.

6. Bhide, Amita; Anant Maringanti and Darshini Mahadevia (2017): “Safe and Inclusive Cities – Pointers Towards a Research Agenda”, Economic and Political Weekly, 52 (7), pp. 39-40.

7. Mahadevia, Darshini; Aseem Mishra and Yogi Joseph (2017): “Ecology vs Housing and the Land Rights Movement in Guwahati”, Economic and Political Weekly, 52 (7), pp. 58-65.

8. Dhar, Subash, Darshini Mahadevia and Geetam Tiwari (2016): “Conceptualising Low Carbon Urban Transport in India”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 44, pp. 234-238

9. Mahadevia, Darshini and Deepali Advani (2016): “"Gender Differentials in Travel Pattern- The Case of a Mid-Sized City, Rajkot, India”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 44, pp. 292-302.

10. Mahadevia, Darshini, Bhatia, Neha and Bijal Bhatt (2016): “Decentralized Governance or Passing the Buck: The Case of Resident Welfare Associations at Resettlement Sites, Ahmedabad, India; Environment and Urbanization, 28 (1), pp. 1-14.

11. Desai, Renu and Darshini Mahadevia (2014): “Diversity and Dynamics of Informal Rental Housing in a Mid-sized City in India” Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 5 (2), pp. 1-17, 2014.

12. Rogat, Jorge; Subash Dhar, Rutul Joshi, Darshini Mahadevia and Juan Carlos Mendoza, (2015): “Sustainable Transport: BRT Experiences from Mexico and India”, WIREs Energy Environ.

13. Mahadevia, Darshini (2014): “Housing Poverty by Social Groups”, Agenda, 28, pp. 38-43.

14. Zhang, Liyan and Darshini Mahadevia (2014): “Translating Science and Technology Policies and Programs into Grassroots Innovations in China - A Case Study”, Journal of Science & Technology Policy Management, 5 (1), pp. 4-23.

15. Mahadevia, Darshini, Rutul Joshi and Abhijit Datey (2013): “Ahmedabad’s BRT System - A Sustainable Urban Transport Panacea?” Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (48), pp. 56-64.

16. Mahadevia, Darshini, Rutul Joshi and Abhijit Datey (2013): “Travellers on an eco-friendly road”, Down To Earth, March 31, Source: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/travellers-eco-friendly-road

17. Mahadevia, Darshini, Zhiyan Liu and Xiuming Yuan (2012): “Housing of Urban Migrants in India and China”, Environment and Urbanization, ASIA, 3 (1), pp. 143-163.

18. Zhang, Liyan and Darshini Mahadevia (2012): “Institutional Architecture for Grassroots Innovations: A Case of Hua County, China”, Innovations and Development, 2 (1), April, pp. 175-188.

19. Mahadevia, Darshini (2012): “The Ray of hope in RAY”, Shelter, 13 (3 & 4), April, pp. 54-58.

20. Mahadevia, Darshini (2011): “Branded and Renewed? Policies, Politics and Processes of Urban Development in the Reform Era”, Economic and Political Weekly, July 30, 46 (31), pp. 56-64.

21. Mahadevia, Darshini (2010): “Tenure Security and Urban Social Protection Links: India”, IDS Bulletin, 41 (4), pp. 52-62.

22. Mahadevia, Darshini, Rutul Joshi and Rutool Sharma (2009): “CEPT Workshop Report on Approaches to Lands for the Urban Poor, India”, Urban India, 29 (2), pp. 175-204.

23. Mahadevia, Darshini, Rutul Joshi and Rutool Sharma (2009): ‘Integrating the Urban Poor in Planning and Governance Systems in India’, Socio-economic Development Record, 16 (5), pp. 5-21.

24. Mahadevia, Darshini (2007): “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Delivery in China”, Economic and Political Weekly, 42 (11), pp. 964-972.

25. Mahadevia, Darshini (2006): “The Lessons of Urban Deluge 2005”, Nirnay, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 66-72.

26. Mahadevia, Darshini (2006): “Urban Infrastructure Financing and Delivery in India and China”, China and the World Economy, Volume 14, No. 2, March-April, pp. 105-20.

27. Mahadevia, Darshini (2006): “NURM and the Poor in Globalising Mega Cities” in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 31, August 5, pp. 3399-3403.

28. Mahadevia, Darshini and Anurima Mukherjee (2002): “Infrastructure Financing through Municipal Bonds: Ahmedabad Experience”, Spatio-economic Development Record, 9 (6), pp. 19-31.

29. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): “Communal Space Over Life Space: Saga of Increasing Vulnerability in Ahmedabad”, Economic and Political Weekly, 37 (48), Special Issue November, pp. 4850-4858. (reprinted in a book Fascism in India: Faces, Fangs & Facts, editor Chaitanya Krishna, translated into Gujarati “Vadhati Bhedata nu Akhyan: Ahmedabad” in Samerth edited Amari Samaj and printed and translated into Hindi and printed).

30. Mahadevia, Darshini (2003): “From Utopia to Pragmatism: The Paradoxes of Urban Development in India”, Review of Development and Change, Vol. VIII, July-December, pp. 171-220.

31. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): “Urban Poor’s Access to Land and Basic Services: Rhetoric, Reality and Dilemmas”, Nagarlok, 33 (1), pp. 66-85.

32. Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “India’s Indebted Cities”, in Habitat Debate, Vol. 7, No. 4, December, pp. 25-26.

33. Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “Privatising Earthquake Rehabilitation”, Economic and Political Weekly, September 29, 36 (39), pp. 3670-3673.

34. Mahadevia, Darshini and Lalit Kumar Bhati (2001): “Industrialisation and Urbanisation in Gujarat - Regional Level Analysis”, Review of Development and Change, January-June, pp. 28-50.

35. Dubey, Amaresh and Darshini Mahadevia (2001): “Poverty and Inequality in Indian Metropolises”, in The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 44, (2), pp. 223-242.

36. Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “Sustainable Urban Development in India: An Inclusive Perspective”, Development in Practice, Vol. 11 (2 & 3), pp. 242-259.

37. Mahadevia, Darshini (2000): “Local Communities in the Process of Change – Failed Modernism, Rhetorics or Real Choice?” in Trialog, 66.

38. Mahadevia, Darshini (2000): “Health for All in Gujarat: Is It Achievable?” in Economic and Political Weekly, 35 (35&36), pp. 3193-3204.

39. Mahadevia, Darshini (1998): “Informalisation of Employment and Poverty in Ahmedabad”, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 515-530.

40. Mahadevia, Darshini (1998): “State Supported Segmentation of Mumbai: Policy Options in the Global Economy”, Review of Development and Change, 3(1), pp. 12-41.

41. Hirway, Indira and Darshini Mahadevia (1996): “Critique of Gender Development Index: Towards an Alternative”, Economic and Political Weekly, 31 (43), October 20-27.

42. Mahadevia, Darshini and Sharmista Sangwan (1997): “Protection of Housing Consumers: Is Consumer Protection Act an Answer?”, Nagarlok, Jan-March.

43. Mahadevia, Darshini, Trupti Jain and Binoy Acharya (1994): “Informal Sector and Social Well-being under Structural Adjustment Programme”, in The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 37(3).

44. Mahadevia, Darshini (1993): Residential Segregation within Indian Metropolises”, Geographical Review of India, 55(2).

45. Mahadevia, Darshini (1987): “Energy and Urban Structure”, SPACE, 2(2), New Delhi.


Articles in Books


1. Mahadevia, Darshini (2019): "Climate Change Mitigation and the SDGs in Urban India: Synergies and Conflicts", in Hannah Abdullah (ed) Cities in World Politics: Local Responses to Global Challenges, CIDOB, Barcelona, pp. 33-42, September. https://www.cidob.org/articulos/monografias/cities_in_world_politics/climate_change_mitigation_and_the_sdgs_in_urban_india_synergies_and_conflicts

2. Contributing author to “Chapter 7 – Risk Management and Decision Making in Relation to Sustainable Development”, in IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Forthcoming, 2019.

3. Desai, Renu; Vaishali Parmar and Darshini Mahadevia (2019): “Resettlement, Mobility and Women’s Safety in Cities”, Sujata Patel and Omita Goyal (eds) India’s Contemporary Urban Conundrum, London, New York: Routledge for India International Centre, pp. 65-76.

4. Mahadevia, Darshini & Renu Desai (2019): “Everyday Violence in Urban India – Is Planning the Driver or Mitigator?”, in Jennifer Salahub, Markus Gottsbacher, John de Boer, and Maysaam D. Zaaroura (eds), Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South – Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities. Abington and New York: Routledge, pp. 177-199.

5. Mahadevia, Darshini (2019): “Unsmart Outcomes of the Smart City Initiatives: Displacement and Peripheralization in Indian Cities” in Tridb Banerjee and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sedris (eds) The New Companion to Urban Design, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Abingdon, UK. pp. 310-324.

6. Mahadevia, Darshini (forthcoming, 2019): “Urbanization, Land and Housing in India: Options Amidst the State and the Market Failures”, in Guanghua Wan & Ming Lu (eds) Cities of Dragons and Elephants: Urbanization and Urban Development in the People’s Republic of China and India, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 286-330.

7. Mahadevia, Darshini (2018): “On Urban Futures: Utopias and Dystopias”, in Amita Bhide and Himanshu Burte (eds) Urban Parallax: Policy and the City in Contemporary India, Yoda Press, New Delhi, pp. 125-149.

8. Pathak, Minal and Darshini Mahadevia (2018): “Urban Informality and Planning: Challenges to Mainstreaming Resilience in Indian Cities”, in Ayyoob Sharifi and Yoshiki Yamagata (eds) Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning - Theoretical and Empirical Insights, Spinger, Cham, Switzerland. pp. 49-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75798-8.

9. Mahadevia, Darshini and Suchita Vyas (2017): “Claiming Urban Space through Judicial Activism – Street Vendors of Ahmedabad”, in Alison Brown (ed.) Rebel Streets, Informal Economies and the Law, Routledge.

10. Mahadevia, Darshini (2015): “Women’s Entitlement to Housing Security in Urban India”, in O.P. Mathur (ed.) State of Urban Poor Report 2015 – Gender and Urban Poverty, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 90-108.

11. Mahadevia, Darshini (2015): “Informality and Shelter Security in India”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 1-31.

12. Mahadevia, Darshini, Trishna Gogoi and Suchita Vyas (2015): “Informal Housing – Rajkot”, Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 32-77.

13. Mahadevia, Darshini and Pooja Shah (2015): “Informal Housing – Surat”, Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 78-117.

14. Mahadevia, Darshini, Pooja Shah and Pavan Kumar Ankinapalli (2015): “Leaving Poor to Their Own Devices: The Case of Amraiwadi, Ahmedabad”, Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 183-220.

15. Mahadevia, Darshini, Pooja Shah, Rutool Sharma and Pavan Kumar Ankinapalli (2015): “Tenure Security through External Agency Intervention: The Case of Vasna, Ahmedabad”, Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 221-260.

16. Mahadevia, Darshini and Abhjit Datey (2015): “From Land Tenure Regularization to Mass Housing in Bhopal: An Assessment”, Shelter Security in Urban India – Pathways, Barriers and Outcomes, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 282-324.

17. Mahadevia, Darshini (2014): “Dynamics of Urbanization in Gujarat”, in Indira Hirway, Amita Shah and Ghanshyam Shah (eds) Growth or Development – Which Way is Gujarat Going?, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 340-379.

18. Mahadevia, Darshini (2014): “Institutionalising Spaces for Negotiations for the Urban Poor”, in O. P. Mathur (ed.), Inclusive Urban Planning: State of the Urban Poor Report, 2013. New Delhi: Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India & Oxford University Press, pp. 148-166.

19. Mahadevia, Darshini (2013): “Housing for the Low Income Migrants in India and China”, in Surjit Singh and Surinder Jodhka (eds), Culture and Economic Transformation – Perspectives from India and China, for Indian Council of Social Science Research, Rawat, Jaipur.

20. Mahadevia, Darshini (2013): “Social Security for the Urban Poor – A Study in Gujarat”, in K. P. Kannan and Jan Breman (eds), The Long Road to Social Security - Assessing the Implementation of National Social Security Initiatives for the Working Poor in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 335-70.

21. Mahadevia, Darshini (2013): “Segmentation and Enclavisation in Urban Development – The Sustainable City in India”, in Igor Vojnovic (ed) Building Sustainable Communities: A Global Urban Context, Michigan State University Press, pp. 199-226.

22. Mahadevia, Darshini (2010): “Urban Reforms in Three Cities: Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Patna”, in Vikram Chand (ed.) Public Service Delivery In India: Understanding The Reform Process, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 226-295.

23. Mahadevia, Darshini (2009): “Urban Land Market and Access of the Poor”, in India, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (ed.) India: Urban Poverty Report 2009, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp.199-221.

24. Mahadevia, Darshini (2008): “Tall Claims and Sluggish Progress - Affordable Housing for All in UPA Regime”, in Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (ed.) The People's Verdict - 4th Civil Society Review of the National Common Minimum Programme, pp. 7-11, May, 2008.http://www.wadanatodo.net/reports/download/250608/The%20People's%20Verdict_4th%20Civil%20Society%20Review%20of%20the%20NCMP.pdf

25. Mahadevia, Darshini (2008): “Inside Urbanising Asia”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 1-55.

26. Mahadevia, Darshini (2008): “Metropolitan Employment in India, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Policies, Processes and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 56-93.

27. Mahadevia, Darshini and Harini Narayanan (2008): “Slumbay to Shanghai: Envisioning Renewal or Take Over?”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 94-131.

28. Mahadevia, Darshini and Harpreet Singh Brar (2008): “Changes and Continuities in Development Priorities”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 132-167.

29. Mahadevia, Darshini (2008): “Globalisation and Infrastructure Development in Cities of China: Comparing Beijing and Dongguan”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 194-236.

30. Mahadevia, Darshini (2008): “Inter-City and Intra-City Inequity in China: Case of Tianjin and Chongqing”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 286-324.

31. Mahadevia, Darshini and Harpreet Singh Brar (2008): “Basic Infrastructure, Public Finance and Slum Dwellers: Ahmedabad”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 361-390.

32. Harini Narayanan, Darshini Mahadevia and Riby Rachel Mathews (2008): “Demolition of Lives and Livelihoods: Mumbai”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 415-450.

33. Mahadevia, Darshini and Harini Narayanan (2008): “Shanghaing Mumbai: Politics of Evictions and Resistance in Slum Settlements”, in Darshini Mahadevia (ed.) Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies and Public Actions, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 549-589.

34. Mahadevia, Darshini and Appeeji Parashar (2008): “Dynamics of High Tech Urban Spaces: Case of Pune”, in C. Ramachandraiah, and A.C.M. (Guus) van Westen (eds.) High-Tech Urban Spaces: Asian and European Perspectives, Manohar, New Delhi, pp341-66.

35. Mahadevia, Darshini and Jeanne Wolfe (2008): “Introduction”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp.1-23.

36. Mahadevia, Darshini, Jeanne Wolfe and Appeeji Parashar (2008): “Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities – An Overview”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 24-84.

37. Kehle, Natalie, Darshini Mahadevia and Appeeji Parashar (2008): “Centralized and Decentralized Practices: Bangalore”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 85-132.

38. Mahadevia, Darshini and Manish Pathak (2008): “Local Government Initiative: Hyderabad”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 133-169.

39. Kehle, Natalie, Darshini Mahadevia, and Jeanne Wolfe (2008): “Modernizing Municipal Management: Kolkata”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 170-211.

40. Mahadevia, Darshini and Bela Pharate (2008): “Multiple Partnerships: Mumbai”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 212-256.

41. Mahadevia, Darshini and Appeeji Parashar (2008): “NGO Initiated Solid Waste Management: Ranchi”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 257-288.

42. Mahadevia, Darshini and Manish Pathak (2008): “A Litter free Small Town: Suryapet”, in Darshini Mahadevia and Jeanne Wolfe (eds.) Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices, Concept, New Delhi, pp 289-311.

43. Hirway Indira and Darshini Mahadevia (2008): “Human Development and Gender Development in Gujarat: Some Issues”, in R. Swaminathan (ed.) Gujarat: Perspectives of the Future, Academic Press.

44. Mahadevia, Darshini (2007): “Urban Land Rights: A Disturbing Silence for Long”, in Lalit Batra (ed.) The Urban Poor in Globalising India – Eviction and Marginalisation, South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy, CSDS and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Publications Private Limited, New Delhi.

45. Mahadevia, Darshini (2007): “A City with Many Borders – Beyond Ghettoisation in Ahmedabad”, in Annapurna Shaw (ed.) Indian Cities in Transition, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 315-40.

46. Mahadevia, Darshini (2006): “Municipal Finances and Development in Small and Medium Towns: Gujarat” in R. Parthasarathy and Sudarshan Iyengar (eds.) New Development Paradigms & Challenges for Western & Central India, for Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Concept, New Delhi, pp. 217-260.

47. Mahadevia, Darshini (2004): “From Stealth to Aggression: Economic Reforms and Communal Politics in Gujarat”, in Jos Mooij (ed.) The Politics Of Economic Reforms in India, Sage, New Delhi.

48. Mahadevia, Darshini (2003): “Sustainable Urban Development in India: An Inclusive Perspective” in David Westendorff (ed.) From Unsustainable to Inclusive Cities, UNRISD.

49. Mahadevia, Darshini (2003): “Gujarat’s Development Experience and Success of Hindutva”, in Vikas Adhyayan Kendra (ed.) Lessons from Gujarat, Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, pp. 55-73.

50. Hirway, Indira and Darshini Mahadevia (2002): “Measuring Women’s Development in Gujarat: Some Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results, in Takashi Shinoda (ed.) The Other Gujarat, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, pp. 347-373.

51. Mahadevia, Darshini and Vatsal Bhatt (2002): “Economic Liberalisation and Urban Land Market: Trends from Ahmedabad”, in Jan Hesselberg (ed.) Issues in Urbanisation – Study of Ahmedabad City, Rawat Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi, pp. 128-164.

52. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): “Interventions in Development: A Shift towards a Model of Exclusion” in A. Kundu and D. Mahadevia (eds.) Poverty and Vulnerability in a Globalising Metropolis: Ahmedabad, Manak Publishers, Delhi, pp. 80-132.

53. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): “Changing Economic Scenario: Informalisation and Increased Vulnerability” in A. Kundu and D. Mahadevia (eds.) Poverty and Vulnerability in a Globalising Metropolis: Ahmedabad, Manak Publishers, Delhi, pp. 30-79.

54. Kundu, Amitabh and Darshini Mahadevia (2002): “Globalisation, Poverty and Vulnerability” in A. Kundu and D. Mahadevia (eds.) Poverty and Vulnerability in a Globalising Metropolis: Ahmedabad, Manak Publishers, Delhi, pp. 1-29.

55. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): “Sustainable Development in India: An Inclusive Perspective”, in Deborah Eade and David Westendorff (eds.) Development and Cities, Oxfam Publishing, Oxford.

56. Mahadevia, Darshini (2002): The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programme on Land and Water Resources of Gujarat, in Vandana Shiva and Gitanjali Bedi (eds.) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security – The Impact of Globalisation, Sage Publications, New Delhi.

57. Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “Food Security in Gujarat”, in Dear Mother Earth, Jatan, Gotri (Vadodara District) (Gujarati), May.

58. Mahadevia, Darshini (2001): “Informalisation of Employment and Poverty in Ahmedabad”, in A. Kundu and A.N. Sharma (eds.) Informal sector in India – Perspectives and Policies, Institute for Human Development and Institute for Applied Manpower Research, New Delhi, pp. 142-159.

59. Mahadevia, Darshini (1999): "Status of Natural Resources in Context of Agriculture: Case of Gujarat", in Sustainable Agricultural Development, Jatan, Gotri (Vadodara District) (Gujarati), May.

60. Mahadevia, Darshini and P. R. Shukla (1996): “Women's Development and Energy Environment Policies: A Strategic Link for a Sustainable Future", in P. R. Shukla (ed.) Energy Strategies and Green House Gas Mitigation, Allied Publishers, Delhi.

61. Kundu, Amitabh and Darshini Mahadevia (1991): “Housing Management and Financing in the Context of the Urban Poor" in A. Kundu (ed.) Urban Development and Research in India, Khama, New Delhi.

Kundu, Amitabh and Darshini Mahadevia (1991): “Macro Dimensions of Urban Poverty for Planning” in G. Kadekodi (ed.), Poverty in India: Some Data Base Issues, Vikas, New Delhi.


Policy Briefs


1. Governance and Equity in Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor – Policy Brief 1: Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor in Gujarat – A Mirage or Reality? Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University and The Sheffield University, February; by Darshini Mahadevia, Glyn Williams and N. Abhilaasha

2. Governance and Equity in Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor – Policy Brief 2: Land Acquisition for Mega Industrialisation: Is Town Planning Scheme a Solution? Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University and The Sheffield University, February; by Darshini Mahadevia, Glyn Williams and N. Abhilaasha.

3. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 1: Vatwa Resettlement Sites - Constrained Mobility and Stressed Livelihoods, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas and Vaishali Parmar.

4. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 2: Vatwa Resettlement Sites –Basic Services and Amenities: Deprivations and Infrastructural Conflicts, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, and Suchita Vyas.

5. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 3: Vatwa Resettlement Sites –Thefts, Robberies and Burglaries, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, and Suchita Vyas.

6. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 4: Vatwa Resettlement Sites – Illicit Activities and Goondagardi, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, and Suchita Vyas.

7. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 5: Vatwa Resettlement Sites – Gender Insecurity and Violence Against Women, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas and Vaishali Parmar.

8. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 6: Bombay Hotel – Tenure Insecurity and Land Conflicts in Informal Commercial Subdivisions, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas, Mohamad Sharif Pathan and Rafi Malek.

9. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 7: Bombay Hotel – Everyday Conflicts in Access to Basic Services in Informal Commercial Subdivisions, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas, Aisha Bakde, Mohamad Sharif Pathan and Rafi Malek.

10. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 8: Bombay Hotel – Crime, Violence and Unsafe Spaces in Informal Commercial Subdivisions, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas, Aisha Bakde, Mohamad Sharif Pathan and Rafi Malek.

11. Ahmedabad Policy Brief 9: Bombay Hotel – Gender Insecurity and Violence against Women, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Renu Desai, Shachi Sanghvi, Suchita Vyas, Aisha Bakde, Mohamad Sharif Pathan and Rafi Malek.

12. Guwahati Policy Brief 1: Women’s Safety and Transport, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Darshini Mahadevia, Aseem Mishra, Anurita Hazarika, Yogi Joseph and Tinam Borah.

13. Guwahati Policy Brief 2: Hill Settlements: Deprivations as Conflict and Conflicts Due to Deprivations, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Aseem Mishra, Darshini Mahadevia, Yogi Joseph and Arup Das.

14. Guwahati Policy Brief 3: Hill Settlements: The Land Rights Movement, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Aseem Mishra, Darshini Mahadevia, Yogi Joseph and Arup Das.

15. Guwahati Policy Brief 4: Deprivations and Conflicts in Street Vending in Guwahati, as a part of Poverty, Inequality and Violence in Indian Cities: Towards Inclusive Polices and Planning, Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, March; by Aseem Mishra, Darshini Mahadevia, Yogi Joseph and Arup Das.

1. Urban Finance
2. Cities,SDGs and Climate Change
3. Urban Governance
4. Development Theories

1. Editorial Board Member of Environment and Urbanization, Asia, from March 1 2019;
2. Central Advisory Committee (CAC) member of Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) from Sept. 2018 to December 2022, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow;
3. Member of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Review College, from February 2018;
4. Member, Board of Studies, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (into second term).
5. Member of International Advisory Board, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2020. 6. Editorial Board Member of International Development Planning Review, a Journal of the University of Liverpool.

1 A talk on ‘Housing Options in Times of Climate Change’, at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, June 24, 2019.
2 A talk on ‘History of Urban Commons – Ahmedabad’, at the Vastu Shilpa International Habitat Studio, February 27, 2019, Ahmedabad.
3 A talk on Town Planning Schemes in Gujarat – Glass Half Full or Half Empty at Centre of Land Governance, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, in Delhi, November 30, 2018.
4 Invited to deliver a key note address at one-day conference in Chennai titled “Rethinking Urbanisation and the Right to the City” to mark World Habitat Day, organised by Citizen consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG), October 2, 2018.
5 Panelist (Inaugural Session) at the Conclave on ‘Crafting Justice’, organized by Azim Premji University, Bangalore, April 29-30, 2017.
6 Public lecture on ‘Urban Planning Conundrum in India’, at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, March 8, 2017.
7 Public lecture on ‘Urban Planning Conundrum in India’, at Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, February 21, 2017.
8 Public lecture on ‘Urban Planning Conundrum in India’, at Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore, February 9, 2017.
9 Lecture on ‘Students and Society – Bridging the Gap’, at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, May 11, 2016.
10 Speaker at the Post-Conference Workshop on ‘Radical Planning in the Global South’ on Towards an Epistemology for Radical Planning, organised by Centre for Urban Planning and Governance, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai, January 23, 2016.
11 Lecture on ‘Challenges of Urbanization in Asia and Pacific’, at Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urmuqi, November 11, 2015.
12 Public lecture on ‘Limits to Informality’, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Los Angeles, September 30, 2015.
13 Public lecture on ‘Limits to Informality’, USC Price Urban Growth Seminar, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, September 29, 2015. http://urbangrowth.usc.edu/2015-fall-semester-seminars/september-29-limits-of-informality/
14 Key Note Address at the Conference on Sustainable Urbanization in India, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata,January 15-16, 2015.
15 Gujarat – Economic Growth vs Development, Seminar presentation at Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University, September 9, 2013
16 ‘Growth Engines’ vs ‘Inclusive Development’ Experiences and Dilemmas of Urbanization in India, Public Lecture at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, July 27, 2012.
17 Challenges of Urbanization in India, a lecture at Institute of Development Studies University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, May 15, 2009.
18 Lands for the Urban Poor – Possibilities and Problems, a Public lecture at School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, May 13, 2009.
19 Challenges of Urbanization in India, a Public lecture at School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town, May 7, 2009.http://sds.ukzn.ac.za/default.php?7,10,130,4,0
20 Comparing and Contrasting Urbanisation Experience of India and China, a lecture at Institute of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, June 5, 2008. http://isdpp.bnu.edu.cn/newslist.asp?id=381
21 Urban Infrastructure Financing in India and China: Systems, Finances and Issues, a lecture at Research Centre of Urban Development and Environment, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, May 21, 2008.
22 Comparing and Contrasting Urbanisation Experience of India and China, a lecture delivered at Department of Sociology, Central-South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of China, April 28, 2008.http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.csushx.cn/news.asp%3Fid%3D339&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDarshini%2BMahadevia%26start%3D100%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGIH_enCN276CN277%26sa%3DN
23 Inclusive Cities in Globalising India?, a talk to the students of PGP-PMP programme course on ‘Displacement and Rehabilitation Issues in Governance’ at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, February 4, 2008.
24 Meeting the Challenge of Rapid Urban Growth in India, a public lecture, Hari and Madhu Varshney lecture series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 13, 2006.http://www.iar.ubc.ca/centres/cisar/eventsandseminars.aspx

Urban Policies and Issues in India, a lecture delivered at Institute of Urban Development and Environment, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, July 22, 2004.