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Cultural Loci in The Urban Public Realm: Entanglements with Sustainability

Evaluating Health Risks Associated With Fluoride and Nitrate Contaminants in Drinking Water to Residents Living in the Chikkaballapur Taluk of Karnataka, India

Mapping as a Collective and Southern Practice

The Future of Climate-Resilient Development is Local

Rethinking Research Practices from the Global South

Widening Global Variability in Grassland Biomass Since the 1980s

Shifts in Bioclimatic Zones Mirror Climate Change Signals in a Tropical Agriculture-Dominated Bharathapuzha River Basin of Southern Western Ghats (India)

Engaging Diverse Knowledge Holders in Adaptation Research

Prevalence of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Associations with Physical Health and Wellbeing in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study

Towards a Public Policy of Cities and Human Settlements in the 21st Century

Reimagining Urban Employment Programmes

Determining Hotspots of Gaseous Criteria Air Pollutants in Delhi Airshed and its Association with Stubble Burning

Asfa Siddiqui, Hareef baba shaeb Kannemadugu, Prakash Chauhan, R. P. Singh

Defining Severe Risks Related to Mobility from Climate Change

Elisabeth A. Gilmore, David Wrathall, Helen Adams, Halvard Buhaug, Edwin Castellanos, Nathalie Hilmi, Robert McLeman, Chandni Singh, Ibidun Adelekan

Research Priorities for Climate Mobility

Nicholas P. Simpson, Katharine J. Mach, Mark G.L. Tebboth, Elisabeth A. Gilmore, A.R. Siders, Petra Holden, Brile´ Anderson, Chandni Singh, Salma Sabour, Lindsay C. Stringer, Harald Sterly, Portia Adade Williams, Andreas L.S. Meyer, Georgina Cundill, Sarah Rosengaertner, Abdimajid Nunow, Kamal Amakrane, Christopher H. Trisos

Working in Uncertain Times: Studying COVID-19 Health Seeking Behaviour in Marginalised Settings Using Ethnography as Research Method

Aruna Bhattacharya

Forced Migration and Affordable Housing Policy

Roopashi Khatri

Do Home Gardens Regulate Indoor Temperature? A Pilot Study in Bengaluru, India

Swarnika Sharma, Chandni Singh, Sheetal Patil

Lessons on City Planning from the Films of Studio Ghibli

Priya Singh

Inclusive Sanitation: Challenges in Service Delivery to urban poor

Sugantha Priscilla, Niladra Chakraborti,  Monissha Manivannan

Pilot Interventions on Gaseous Emission Control During Septage Emptying Operations

Jeevan Raj, Niladri Chakraborti, Yohananthan S, Kanmani Raja

Co-Composting of Dried Faecal Sludge with Municipal Solid Waste

Sasikumar Eswaramurthy, Vinitha Murukesan, Sakthi Balasubramani, Senthil Kumar Govindaraj

FSSM Monitoring and Decision Making Through IT and IoTs

Sasikumar Eswaramurthy, Senthilkumar Govindaraj, Prithivi Mohan, Santhosh Ragavan

Evaluation of PMAY Housing Scheme by Examining the Quality of Living Based on the Perceptions of End-Users (Beneficiaries): Jharkhand

Sai Rama Raju Marella, Gajjar Harshal Deepak

Investing in Smart Cities: Enhancing Public Libraries for Quality Services in India

Sheshagiri Kulkarni, M. Dhanamjaya, Preedip Balaji

Women Empowerment : Water Quality Monitoring Using Effective Communication Tool

Subha MuthuKumar

Collaborative Action for Urban WASH: Learnings and Reflections from Tamil Nadu

Abhilaasha N, Donata Mary Rodrigues, Niladri Chakraborti, Stanley Joseph, Mohanasundaram K

We Speak Too: Foregrounding the Voices of Sanitation Workers in India

Kavita Wankhade, Abhilaasha N, Arka Sinha Roy, Kabir Arora, Haris Najib, Nikita Patil

Role of Urban Local Governance in Improving Sanitation Outcomes

Monissha Manivannan, Niladri Chakraborti

Demonstrating Best Practices for Operations and Maintenance of Community and Public Toilets in Chennai

Abhilaasha Nagarajan, Santhosh Ragavan KV, Swapnil Barai, Sunil Nepak, Sasikumar E, Subashini M, Sakthi B

2023: The Year that our Planet’s Environmental Signals Played Loud and Clear

Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Lessons for Social Protection from COVID-19 Lockdowns

Gautam Bhan, Pooja DSouza, Harshal Gajjar, Neha Margosa, Rashee Mehra, Krishna Priya, Chimmiri Sai Rashmi, Antara Rai Chowdhury, Kinjal Sampat, Nidhi Sohane

Need for an Interdisciplinary Approach in Public Sector Capacity Development for Socio-Economic Recovery and Development: Case of India’s Public Governance Structure

Iswarya Ramachandran

Green Biosynthesis of Stable Silver Nanoparticles Bound with Macaranga Indica Plant Extracts for the Purification of Drinking Water

Gajanan Hegde, Tanuja Khadre

Green Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles by Using Macaranga Indica for Biomedical and Drinking Water Purification Applications

Gajanan Hegde, Tanuja Khadre

Pathways to a Healthy Net-Zero Future: Report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

Sarah Whitmee, Rosemary Green, Kristine Belesova, Syreen Hassan, Soledad Cuevas, Peninah Murage, Roberto Picetti, Romain Clercq-Roques, Kris Murray, Jane Falconer, Blanca Anton, Tamzin Reynolds, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Robert C Hughes, Joseph Spadaro, Aimée Aguilar Jaber, Yamina Saheb, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Maria Cortés-Puch, Kristie Ebi, Rachel Huxley, Mariana Mazzucato, Tolu Oni, Nicole de Paula, Gong Peng, Aromar Revi, Johan Rockström, Leena Srivastava, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Robert Zougmoré, Joy Phumaphi, Helen Clark, Andy Haines

Evaluation of Groundwater Suitability for Drinking Purposes Using GIS and WQI in Chikkaballapura Taluk, Karnataka, India

Sridhara Malur Krishnappa, Sadashivaiah Channabasavaiah, Kiran Dasalakunte Ananda

Greening Cities from Within: Generating Ecosystem Services Where We Live

Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Landlordism, Social Relations and Built-Form in Informal Private Rental Housing Markets in India

Swastik Harish, Vineetha Nalla, Nihal Ranjit, Naksha Satish 

Land Use Conversion for Urbanization: Two Case Studies of Misaligned Institutions and Diverging Objectives from Karnataka, India

Sheetal Patil, Seema Purushothaman, Sham Kashyap

An Educational Framework for a Net Zero Future

Sreejith Jayaram, Deepa Parekh, Prasad Vaidya, Yashima Jain, Jaydeep Bhadra

A Control Sequence for Prioritising Ceiling fan Operation Over Air Conditioners Using Machine Learning to Determine Thermal Comfort

Siva Barathi, Amanda Thounaojam, Prasad Vaidya, Gopikrishna, A, Uthej Dalavai, Vipin Tandon

Towards Net-Zero Buildings: Driving Innovation and Scale with Solar Decathlon India 2023

Pooja Suresh Hollannavar, Prasad Vaidya

Futureproofing with Passive Buildings: Is it Cost Effective and is it Thermally Adequate?

Amanda Thounaojam, Prasad Vaidya, Sanjay Prakash