Amir Bazaz

Journal Articles

• Haldar, S., Hoffman, J., Verma, M., Peddibhotla, A., & Bazaz, A. (2024). Reimagining energy infrastructure for justice: Power, politics, and institutional work in India’s 2.05 GW Pavagada solar park. Energy Research & Social Science, 116, 103645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103645
• Haldar, S., Peddibhotla, A., & Bazaz, A. (2023). Analysing intersections of justice with energy transitions in India—A systematic literature review. Energy Research & Social Science, 98, Article 103010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103010
• Nalla, V., Johnson, C., Ranjit, N., Sen, G., Peddibhotla, A., Anand, M. C., Bhatia, N., & Bazaz, A. B. (2022). Considering curriculum, content, and delivery for adaptive pathways: Higher education and disaster resilient infrastructure in the Indian urban context. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 8(1), 143–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2022.2134645
• Hoffman, J., Davies, M., Bauwens, T., Späth, P., Hajer, M. A., Arifi, B., Bazaz, A., & Swilling, M. (2021). Working to align energy transitions and social equity: An integrative framework linking institutional work, imaginaries and energy justice. Energy Research & Social Science, 82, Article 102317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102317
• Ray, R., Bhattacharya, A., Arora, G., Bajaj, K., Horton, K., Chen, S., Chakraborty., S., & Bazaz, A. (2021). Extreme rainfall deficits were not the cause of recurring colonial era famines of southern Indian semi-arid regions. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 17568. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96826-2
• Neto-Bradley, A. P., Rangarajan, R., Choudhary, R., & Bazaz, A. (2021). Energy transition pathways amongst low-income urban households: A mixed method clustering approach. MethodsX, 8, 101491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101491
• Kaur, H., Srinivas, A., & Bazaz, A. (2021). Understanding access to agrarian knowledge systems: Perspectives from rural Karnataka. Climate Services, 21, 100205.
• Singh, C., Madhavan, M., Arvind, J., & Bazaz, A. (2021) Climate change adaptation in Indian cities: A review of existing actions and spaces for triple wins. Urban Climate, 36. 100783
• Neto-Bradley, A. P., Rangarajan, R., Choudhary, R., & Bazaz, A. (2021). A clustering approach to clean cooking transition pathways for low-income households in Bangalore. Sustainable Cities and Society, 66, Article e102697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102697
• Singh, C., Bazaz, A., Ley, D., Ford, J., & Revi, A. (2020). Assessing the feasibility of climate change adaptation options in the water sector: Examples from rural and urban landscapes. Water Security, 11, 100071.
• Neto-Bradley, A. P., Choudhary, R., & Bazaz, A. (2020). Slipping through the net: Can data science approaches help target clean cooking policy interventions?. Energy Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111650
• Singh, C., Ford, James., Ley, D., Bazaz, A., & Revi, A. (2020). Assessing the feasibility of adaptation options: methodological advancements and directions for climate adaptation research and practice. Climatic Change, 162, 255–277.
• Jain, G., & Bazaz, A. (2020). A multi-scalar approach for assessing costs and benefits of risk reduction alternatives for the people and the city: Cases of three resettlements in Visakhapatnam, India. Sustainability, 12(15), 5958. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12155958
• Gowtham, R., Geethalakshmi, V., Bhuvaneshwari, K., Senthil, A., Dhasarathan, M., Revi, A., & Bazaz, A. (2020). Impact of global warming (1.5ºC) on the productivity of selected C3 and C4 crops across Tamil Nadu. Journal of Agrometeorology, 22(1), 7-17.
• Singh, C., Solomon, D., Bendapudi, R., Kuchimanchi, B., Iyer, S., & Bazaz, A. (2019). What shapes vulnerability and risk management in semi-arid India? Moving towards an agenda of sustainable adaptation. Environment and Development, 30, 35-50.
• Ramarao, M. V. S., Sanjay, J., Krishnan, R., Mujumdar, M., Bazaz, A., & Revi, A. (2018). On observed aridity changes over the semiarid regions of India in a warming climate. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 136(1-2), 693-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2513-6
• Singh, C., Rahman, A., Srinivas, A., & Bazaz, A. (2018). Risks and responses in rural India: Implications for local climate change adaptation action. Climate Risk Management, 21, 52-68. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.crm.2018.06.001
• Singh, C., Daron, J., Bazaz, A., Ziervogel, G., Spear, D., Krishnaswamy, J. … Kituyi, E. (2017). The utility of weather and climate information for adaptation decision making: Current uses and future prospects in Africa and India. Climate and Development, 10(5), 389-405.
• Simon, D., Arfvidsson, H., Anand, G., Bazaz, A., Fenna, G., Foster, K., . . . Moodley, N. (2016). Developing and Testing the Urban Sustainable Development Goal’s Targets and Indicators–A five-city Study. Environment and Urbanization, 28(1), 49-63.
• Revi, A., Satterthwaite, D, Mathur, O., Mehrotra, R., Bazaz, A., Goswami, A., … Shetty, P. (2016). Introducing Urbanisation. Urbanisation, 1(1), vii-xiii.
• Johansson, D. J., Lucas, P. L., Weitzel, M., Ahlgren, E. O., Bazaz, A., Chen, W., . . . Liang, Q-M. (2015). Multi-model Comparison of the Economic and Energy Implications for China and India in an International Climate regime. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 20(8), 1335-1359.
• Bazaz, A. B., & Seksaria, V. (2014). (De)constructing India’s and China’s energy and climate change policy choices: interfaces of co-operation. Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, 157, 322-329.
• Sharma, S. K., & Bazaz, A. B. (2012). Sustainable management of biodiversity in the context of climate change-issues, challenges and response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 82(2), 251-260.
• Bazaz, A. (2012). Climate Change and India. International Journal of Environmental Science, 1(1), 18-24.
• Chaturvedi, V., & Bazaz, A. (2009). Meeting Food Crop Demand in a Changing Climate: A Case of Mehsana District in North Gujarat. Agricultural Situation in India, 66(5), 257-264.

Book/Book Chapters

• Srinivasan, M., Ghoge, K., Haldar, S., Bazaz, A., & Rei, A. (2023). Climate finance in India 2023. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/CFI11.2023
• Lwasa, S., Bazaz, A., & Jain, G. (2021). A risk assessment framework for decision making that transcends economic valuation: Understanding why people choose to stay in disaster-risk prone areas. In C. Johnson, G. Jain, A. Lavell (Eds.), Rethinking urban risks and resettlement in the global South (pp. 96-114). UCL Press.
• Revi, A., Sen, G., Suresh, Y., Kuruvilla, R., & Bazaz, A. (2019). Localising SDGs for India 2019: Tracking the changing urban context. Bengaluru: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
• Basu, R., & Bazaz, A. (2018). Re-imagining development practice: Mainstreaming justice into planning frameworks. In T. Jafry (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice (pp. 124-137). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
• de Coninck, H., Revi, A., Babiker, M., Bertoldi, P., Buckeridge, M., Cartwright, A., Dong, W., … Wollenberg, L. (2018).  Strengthening and implementing the global response. In Global warming of 1.5°C: an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change.  Geneva, Switzerland: WMO/UNEP.
• Revi, A., Gajjar, S. P., Bazaz, A., Jain, G. & Basu, R. (2016). Bangalore, India. In S. Bartlett, & D. Satterthwaite (Eds.), Cities on a Finite Planet: Towards Transformative Responses to Climate Change (pp. 41-62). New York: Routledge.
• Jain, G., & Bazaz, A. (2016). Urban risks and resilience in India. In Urban policy dialogues: Operationalising SDGs. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/updsdg2016_5
• Mascarenhas, K., Basu, R., Bazaz, A. (2016). Affordable and clean energy: An Indian perspective. In Urban policy dialogues: Operationalising SDGs. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/updsdg2016_2
• Sami, N., Singh, C., & Bazaz, A. (2016). Climate change policy in India and Goal 13. In Urban policy dialogues: Operationalising SDGs. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/updsdg2016_1
• Bazaz, A., Jana, A., Revi, A., Malladi, T (2016). Urban India 2016: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Insitute for Human Settlements.
• Jana, A., Malladi, T., Anand, G., Anand, S., Bazaz, A., Bhan, G. … Shah, S. (2015). In A. Revi (Ed.), Urban India 2015: Evidence. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements. doi.org/10.24943/urbindia.2015
• Bazaz, A., Bunyan, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Sanjay, J., & Raskar, V. (2015). Climate change trends and projections. In A. Revi, A. Bazaz, J. Krishnaswamy, R. Bendapudi, M. D’Souza, & S. P. Gajjar (Eds.), Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Semi-arid Areas in India (pages 35-48). ASSAR Working Paper, ASSAR PMU, South Africa.
• Rahman, A., Poonacha, P., Solomon, D., Bendapudi, R., Bazaz, A., Gajjar, S. P., & Badiger, S. (2015). The regional to sub-national context. In A. Revi, A. Bazaz, J. Krishnaswamy, R. Bendapudi, M. D’Souza, & S. P. Gajjar (Eds.), Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in semi-arid areas in India (ASSAR Working Paper). Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Singh, C., Deshpande, T., Ingenno, M., Bendapudi, R., Bazaz, A., Gajjar, S. P., … Badiger, S. (2015). The adaptation development spectrum. In A. Revi, A. Bazaz, J. Krishnaswamy, R. Bendapudi, M. D’Souza, & S. P. Gajjar (Eds.), Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in semi-arid areas in India (ASSAR Working Paper). Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Mathur, N., & Bazaz, A. (2010). Democratic Governance through Collaborative Design: A Case Study of Urban Community Based Partnership in Ahmedabad. In G. Ramesh, V. Nagadevara, G. Naik, & A. B. Suraj (Eds.), Public Private Partnerships in Urban Governance in India. New Delhi: Routledge.

Other Writing

• Haldar, S., Grillitsch, M., & Bazaz, A. (2024). A human-centric approach to energy justice: Embedding agency and capabilities in transitions discourse (Working paper no. 7). https://wp.circle.lu.se/upload/CIRCLE/workingpapers/202407_haldar.pdf
• Ghoge, K., Verma, M., Dubey, M., & Bazaz, A. (2023). The urban in India’s recent state budgets. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/UIRSB11.2023
• Verma, M., Mondal, S., Bazaz, A., & Dubey, M. (2023). Indian municipal finance 2023. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/IMF11.2023
• Maskrey, A., Desai, B., Jain, G., Marulanda, M., Revi, A., Bazaz, A., Bennett, K., Furniss, M., Weinhold, M., Chowhan, B. S., Hedao, P., Canfield, C., Foster, P., Wouterse, F., Goedhart, Y., Tucaltan, G., Melo Leon, S. F., Dickinson, C., Vickers, B., … Chow, N. (2023). Global infrastructure resilience: Capturing the resilience dividend. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). https://www.undp.org/india/publications/global-infrastructure-resilience-capturing-resilience-dividend
• Bazaz, A., Arakali, A., Revi, A., Bhan, G., Gulabani, H., Balakrishnan, K., Kapoor, N., Sami, N., Bhor, N., Pattela, O. N., Beleyur, P. R., Anand, S., Mitra, S., Bhatikar, T., John, V., Duque, J. C., Keith, M., Parnell, S., Tucker, A., & Govil, S. (2023). Maximising the benefits of India’s urban transformation: Local evidence synthesis report. PEAK Urban. https://www.peak-urban.org/India-Synthesis-Report
• Grafton, Q., Gupta, J., Revi, A., Mazzucato, M., Okonjo-Iewala, N., Rockström, J., Shanmugaratnam, T., Aki-Sawyerr, Y., Bárcena Ibarra, A., Cantrell, L., Espinosa, M. F., Ghosh, A., Ishii, N., Jintiach, J. C., Qui, B., Ramphele, M., Urrego, M. R., Serageldin, I., Damania, R., … Réalé, I. (2023). The what, why and how of the world water crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water phase 1 review and findings. https://doi.org/10.25911/GC7J-QM22
• Bazaz, A., Dubey, M., Yawale, S., & Ghoge, K. (2022). Decarbonising public transport in India: An issue brief. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
• Verma, M., Bazaz, A., & Dubey M. (2022). Indian municipal finance: An update. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
• Babiker, M., Bazaz, A., Bertoldi, P., Creutzig, F., De Coninck, H., De Kleijne, K., Dhakal, S., Haldar, S., Jiang, K., Kılkış, Ş., Klaus, I., Krishnaswamy, J., Lwasa, S., Niamir, L., Pathak, M., Pereira, J. P., Revi, A., Roy, J., Seto, K. C., … Ürge-Vorsatz, D. (2022). What the latest science on climate change mitigation means for cities and urban areas. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV310.2022
• Revi, A., Roberts, D., Klaus, I., Bazaz, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Singh, C., Eichel, A., Kodira, P. P., Seth, S., Adelekan, I., Babiker, M., Bertoldi, P., Cartwright, A., Chow, W., Colenbrander, S., Creutzig, F., Dawson, R., De Coninck, H., De Kleijne, K., … Ürge-Vorsatz, D. (2022). The summary for urban policymakers of the IPCC’s sixth assessment report. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SUPSV511.2022
• Bazaz, A., Srinivasan, M., & Dubey, M. (2022, July 13). The scale of municipal finances is inadequate. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-scale-of-municipal-finances-is-inadequate/article65631481.ece
• Revi, A., Srinivasan, M., Bazaz, A., Dubey, M., & Safdar, M. F. (2022). Indian municipal finance 2022. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/IMF02.2022
• Batra, P., Bazaz, A., Shanmugam, A., Ranjit, N., Kaur, H., & Das, R. (2022). शिक्षा, आजीविका और स्वास्थ्य पर कोविड-19 का असर. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/SASCA02.2022
• Batra, B., Bazaz, A., Shanmugam, A., Ranjit, N., Kaur, H., Das, R. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, livelihoods, and health in India. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/ICPELHI08.2021
• Picciariello, A., Colenbrander, S., Bazaz, A., & Roy, R. (2021). The costs of climate change in India: A review of the climate-related risks facing India, and their economic and social costs (Policy brief). Overseas Development Institute. https://odi.org/en/publications/the-costs-of-climate-change-in-india-a-review-of-the-climate-related-risks-facing-india-and-their-economic-and-social-costs
• Batra, P., Revi, A., Bazaz, A., Singh, C., & Poonacha, P. (2021). Transforming education for sustainable futures: India background paper (TESF Working Paper). TESF and IIHS.
• Jain, G. & Bazaz, A.B. (2019). Does Boond – a for-profit social enterprise – represent a new developmental transition in India? IIHS Case No 1-0033. Bangalore. Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
• Bazaz, A., Bertoldi, P., Buckeridge, M., Cartwright, A., de Coninck, H., Engelbrecht, F., … Waisman, H. (2018). Summary for urban policymakers: What the IPCC special report on 1.5C means for cities. New York, NY: Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy & C40 Cities.
• Ghosh, T., Bhadwal, S., & Bazaz, A. (2018). Understanding migration in India. (CEG Migration Synthesis Brief). Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre.
• Bhadwal, S., Gorti, G., Ghosh, T., Bazaz, A., Poonacha, P., & Bendapudi, R. (2018). Understanding vulnerabilities using a hotspot approch. New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute.
• Michael, K., Singh, C., & Bazaz, A. (2017). Dimensions of Vulnerability in Rural and Urban Areas: A case of migrants in Karnataka. ASSAR Information Brief, ASSAR, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Singh, C., Michael, K., & Bazaz, A. (2017). Barriers and enablers to climate adaptation: evidence from rural and urban areas in India. ASSAR Information Brief, ASSAR, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Bazaz, A. (2016). Key findings from ASSAR’s regional diagnostic study & initial research: Bangalore sub-region, Karnataka (Information Brief). Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Bazaz, A., Poonacha, P., Koduganti, M., Bhadwal, S., Gorti, G., & Ghosh, T. (2016). Climate adaptation policy: Key findings and recommendations. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre.
• Bazaz, A, Jain, G, Malladi, T, Ramoji, S. (2016). Risk Assessment Report: Framing and Illustrations. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements
• Jain, G., Bazaz, A., Jigyasu, R., Malladi, T., Balasubramanian, A., Ramoji, S., . . . Raju, J. S. M. (2016). Reducing Relocation Risk in Urban India: A Diagnostic Report. Bangalore: Indian Institute for Human Settlements.
• Jain, G. Bazaz, A., Jigyasu, R., Malladi, T., Ramoji, S., Kraleti, S. … Raju, M.J.S. (2016). Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: Research framework and summary of findings (Site Report I). London, UK: DPU, University College London.
• Jain, G., Bazaz, A., Jigyasu, R., Malladi, T., Ramoji, S., Kraleti, S. … & Raju, M. J.S. (2016) Risk-related resettlement and relocation in urban areas: data from primary work (Site Report III). London, UK: DPU, University College London.
• Basu, R., & Bazaz, A. (2016). Assessing Climate Change Risks and Contextual Vulnerability in Urban Areas of Semi-arid India: The Case of Bangalore. (CARIAA Working Paper 3). Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre.
• Bazaz, A., & Gajjar, S. P. (2015). Planning for climate change in the semi-arid regions of India (Information Brief #1). Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Revi, A., Bazaz, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Bendapudi, R., D’Souza, M., & Gajjar, S. P. (2015). South Asia regional diagnostic study: Report summary. Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Revi, A., Jain, G., Bazaz, A., Anand, G., Chopra, R., Rahman, A., … Jana, A. (2015). Operationalising urban Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Bangalore. In Simon, D., & Arfvidsson, H. (Eds.), Pilot project to test potential targets and indicators for the urban sustainable development goal 11: Final report. Gothenburg: Mistra Urban Futures, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.
• Chaturvedi, R., Bazaz, A., Shashikala, V., Krishnaswamy, J., Badiger, S., Bunyan, M., … Mujumdar, M. (2015). Regional Climate Messages for South Asia. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre.
• Revi, A., Bazaz, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Bendapudi, R., D’Souza, M., & Gajjar, S. P. (2015). Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in semi-arid areas in India (ASSAR Working Paper). Cape Town, South Africa: ASSAR.
• Revi, A., Bazaz, A., Krishnaswamy, J., Bendapudi, R., D’Souza, M., & Gajjar, S. P. (2015). Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Semi-Arid Areas in India. (ASSAR Working Paper). Cape Town, S.A: ASSAR PMU.
• Johansson, D. J., Lucas, P. L., Weitzel, M., Ahlgren, E. O., Bazaz, A., Chen, W., . . . Liang, Q.-M. (2012). Multi-model Analyses of the Economic and Energy Implications for China and India in a Post-Kyoto Climate Regime. (Working Paper. 1808). Retrieved from http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/67337/1/731581458.pdf
• Dholakia, R. H., Agarwalla, A., Bazaz, A. B., & Agarwal, P. (2009). Trends in technical progress in India: Analysis of input-output tables from 1968 to 2003 (W.P. No. 2009-11-02). Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
• “Low Carbon Society Vision 2035: Ahmedabad,” 2009, Joint Project of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Kyoto University Japan, National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan, and Mizuho Information and Research Institute Japan (Co-authors: Prof P.R.Shukla, Prof Prem Pangotra, Nidhi Agarwal, Prasoon Agarwal, Yuzuru Matsuoka, Kei Gomi, Tomoki Ehara, Kazuya Fujiwara, Mikiko Kainuma, Junichi Fujino) Retrieved from http://2050.nies.go.jp/LCS/eng/asia_city.html
• “Low Carbon Society Vision 2050: India,” 2009, Joint Project of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Kyoto University Japan, National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan, and Mizuho Information and Research Institute Japan (Co-authors: Prof P.R.Shukla, Nidhi Agarwal, Prasoon Agarwal, Yuzuru Matsuoka, Tomoki Ehara, Go Hibino, Mikiko Kainuma, Toshihiko Masui, Junichi Fujino. Retrieved from http://2050.nies.go.jp/LCS/eng/asia.html