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Curriculumvitae

Dr.BharatDahiya

Director,ResearchCenterforIntegratedSustainableDevelopment,CollegeofInterdisciplinary

Studies,ThammasatUniversity,Bangkok,THAILAND DistinguishedProfessor,UrbanYouthAcademy,Seoul,REPUBLICOFKOREASeriesEditor,SCOPUS-indexedSpringerNatureBookSeries,Advancesin21stCenturyHuman

Settlements,SINGAPORE(http://www.springer.com/series/13196) OnlineProfiles:

ChinaDaily:https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/132/96/83/1511767345455.html

UniversityofCambridge:https://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/alumni/landmark/4/settlements.html

Thursday,21May2020 Contactdetails: Email:bharatdahiya.tu[at]gmail.com;bharat[at]tu.ac.th

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CURRICULUM VITAE 21 May 2020

Dr.BharatDahiya

Career Summary Tertiary Qualifications § PhD, Urban Governance, Planning and Environment, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2001. § PhD short course, Case Study and Narratology, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, 1998. § Master of Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, 1995. § MA, Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 1993. § BA, Geography and Political Science, Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana, India, 1991. Academic Positions § Director, Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development, College of Interdisciplinary Studies,

Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand (2019 to present). § Distinguished Professor, Urban Youth Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2019 to present). § Senior Advisor & Urbanist, Envt., Dev. & Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University (2016-present). § Visiting Researcher - Urbanist, Chulalongkorn University, Social Research Institute, Bangkok (2014-2016). § Visiting Fellow, Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Architecture, Bangkok (2013-2015). § Visiting Professor, School of Government and Public Policy, Jakarta (2013-2014). § Visiting Research Fellow, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (2013). § Guest Speaker/Lecturer: Australia, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore, Spain, and UK. Professional Positions (selected) § Consultant, Green Carbon Finance – China, Asian Development Bank, Beijing (2019 to present) § Knowledge Expert, Viet Nam National Urban Dev. Strategy, Asian Development Bank, Manila (2017-2018). § Lead Consultant – Multi-stakeholder Partnerships, United Nations University, Tokyo (2017-2018). § Senior Urban Development Advisor, United Nations Development Programme, Mongolia (2013-2014). § Team Leader, Asian Development Bank’s Investment Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2012-2013). § Human Settlements Officer, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka, Japan and Bangkok, Thailand (2006-2012). § Urban Development Specialist, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA (2002-2006). § Urban and Regional Planner, UN-Habitat, Sustainable Chennai Programme, Chennai, India (1997-1999). § Research Associate, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi (1995-1996). § Project Associate, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, India (1995). Academic & Professional Service (selected) § Series Editor, Springer book series, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, Germany/Singapore. § Coordinator, United Nations’ inaugural report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka. § Member, Advisory Group, Future Earth Urban Knowledge-Action Network. § Member, Editorial Board, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning (Elsevier). § Led public policy reform advice vis-à-vis urban upgrading and redevelopment in Mongolia’s capital city

through technical collaboration between Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar and UN-Habitat. Countries of Experience (Academic & Professional Visits, Work Experience and/or Studies) § Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Republic of

Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam and Yemen.

Fellowships / Scholarships (select) § Visiting Research Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University, Social Research Institute, 2014-2016. § Visiting Research Fellowship, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 2013. § PhD Scholarship, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, University of Cambridge, UK, 1996-2000. § Overseas Research Student Award for PhD, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals, UK, 1996-2000. Distinctions (select) § Back Page profile, China Daily: https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/132/96/83/1511767345455.html § Professional Recognition for ‘outstanding work in urban management and development’ by IHS Alumni

International, Erasmus University, The Netherlands (2016). § Medal of Honour, Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2010). § Certificate of Honour, Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Government of Mongolia (2009). § Research quoted by Reuters, Inter Press Service, SciDev.Net, The Nation, and China Daily - Asia Weekly § Certificate of Merit for Commendable Voluntary Work, National Service Scheme, Govt. of India (1991).

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1.RESUME§ Thought leadership and academic foundations in national and international sustainable urbanization,

inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development, culture and heritage, urban policy, governance and partnerships, environment and climate change, community-led development, urban-regional planning, and smart cities toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the New Urban Agenda.

§ Rich experience since early-1990s in providing strategic guidance and policy advice to ministers and mayors, and technical support to national governments (ministries) and local authorities (municipal governments) on leadership in sustainable development through working with the World Bank, UN-HABITAT, the Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and United Nations University (UNU).

§ Proficient in leading and managing project teams in professional and academic environments, building and strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships, and mobilising resources with regard to conducting policy research, providing advisory services and conducting developing practice (operational and project work).

§ Sound analytical skills and a proven track record of applied research, leading to the preparation of cutting-edge knowledge products, and policy development and advocacy, demonstrated through the preparation of the United Nations’ first-ever report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 (UN-HABITAT, 2010) and the publication of co-authored books, Partnering for Sustainable Development (UNU & UN-ESCAP, 2018), and Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities (World Bank, 2004).

§ Academic leadership in professional and academic service, demonstrated through book series editorship of Springer book series, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements, and keynote and paper presentations in global, regional and national conferences and forums, and peer reviewing for reputed international journals.

§ Excellent communication skills (both written & oral) with extensive experience in working with colleagues and dealing with client relations in multicultural environments around the world (East Asia, South-East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, North America, Europe and Oceania).

2.TERTIARYQUALIFICATIONS Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 1996-2001 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Major: Urban Governance, Planning and Environment Master of Planning, 1993-1995 School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India Major: Planning, with specialization in Regional Planning Master of Arts (MA), 1991-1993 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Major: Geography, with specialization in Urban and Regional Development Bachelor of Arts (BA), 1988-1991 Major: Geography, Political Science Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana, India Short Courses: Training Course, Metafuture.org, September 2019 Major: Futures Thinking and Strategy Development Trainer: Professor Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies PhD short course, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark, December 1998 Major: Case Study Research and Narratology Trainer: Professor Bent Flyvbjerg (now at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)


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3.ACADEMIC&PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE Director, Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development College of Interdisciplinary Studies Thammasat University, Bangkok, January 2019 to present Responsibilities • Direct cutting-edited interdisciplinary research on Integrated Sustainable Development within the global

context. • Lead faculty development programs for developing innovative domains for interdisciplinary research at the

international level. • Conduct and publish interdisciplinary research in indexed journals and books at the international level. • Conceptualize and organize international research symposia and conferences on emerging topics. • Build and strengthen collaborative partnerships with academic, research and professional institutions in

Thailand and around the world. • Advise PhD students in the Integrated Science (PhD Program) and teach at the postgraduate level. Current

PhD students include: o Michael Motet Hansen, Comparative study of Smart City initiatives in Scandinavia and South East

Asia, with a focus on digital transformation, innovation, and sustainability (tentative title). o Sunwoo Bae, Sustainable Urbanization in Jeju-do Island, Chulalongkorn University, Environment,

Development and Sustainability Program (under the Graduate School). Achievements • Published eight Scopus-indexed papers from 01/2019 to present. • Co-Lead, co-editor of book project: Practising Cultural Geographies: Essays in Honour of Rana PB Singh

(forthcoming Springer, 2020). • Co-organized the 1st Research and Publishing Workshop, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat

University, 22-24 January 2020. • Co-led the project and co-edited the book: New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable

and Inclusive Cities (07/2016 to 05/2019; published by Springer Nature, 2020). • Conceptualized and led the organization of First Asia Pacific Urban Symposium: Transforming Sustainable

Urban Development, at the Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 11-13 December 2019.

Distinguished Professor Urban Youth Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea July 2019 to present Other Positions held: Senior Advisor, March 2016 to present • Deliver keynote speeches and high-profile lectures on youth and sustainable urban development. • Provide strategic advice, among others, for:

o Defining its strategic development agenda in order to become a leading institution in the field of youth and sustainable urban development.

o Expanding its Asian-Pacific regional as well as global network with regard to youth and sustainable urban development.

• Provided advisory and substantive support to the design, organization and implementation of Asia Pacific Youth Exchange and related activities held in Seoul, Manila and Bangkok during 2016 and 2017.

Consultant – Green Climate Fund, China Asian Development Bank (ADB), Beijing, China, December 2019 China: Green Finance Catalyzing Facility – Knowledge Management Shandong Green Development Fund


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Responsibilities • Peer reviewed the 76-page knowledge product and provide comments to the ADB Project Team. • Prepared a ‘Knowledge Product (Brief): Catalyzing Climate Finance: Shandong Green Development Fund’,

with Hubert Jenny, Yihon Wang, Frédéric Asseline, Anouj Mehta, and Michael Lindfield. Senior Advisor, Emerge Sociedad Anónima Managua, Nicaragua, July 2015 to present, http://www.emergeni.com/bharat-dahiya/ Responsibilities • Provide strategic advice, among others, for:

o Define and advise on strategic development agenda for Emerge S.A. to become a leading institution in the field of sustainable urban development and development consulting.

o Advise on the design of Emerge S.A.’s Work Program in the Latin America region as well as around the world.

o Develop potential new business for Emerge S.A. in the market areas of the company, particularly on sustainable urban development, affordable housing and development consulting.

• Advised in the formulation of Initiative Vertical Managua: For a compact, sustainable and resilient Managua. Information in Spanish available at: http://www.emergeni.com/managuavertical/

Senior Advisor and Guest Lecturer Environment, Development and Sustainability Program Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, October 2016 to present Previous Positions held: • Course Coordinator and Lecturer – Southeast Asian Studies Program (January 2015 to May 2019). • Visiting Researcher, Social Research Institute (August 2014 to July 2016). • Visiting Fellow, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (Oct. 2013 to July 2015). • Consultant, Global and Regional Studies Program (April-May 2014). Responsibilities and Achievements: Research • Conducted review of “Global Urbanization: Perspectives and Trends” (with co-authors) and published in the

edited volume: Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018).

• Conducted global review of “Smart Economy in Smart Cities” (01/2015 to 01/2017, with co-author); published in the edited volume: Smart Economy in Smart Cities (Springer, Singapore, 2017; listed in Web of Science index).

• Lead, Research project on cities and public policy: Sustainable Urbanization in Asia (08/2014 to present). Research Supervision • PhD Dissertations:

o Co-Advisor: Rostam Yaman (2017, awarded) A Post Occupancy Evaluation Model for Sustainable Urban Neighborhood Assessment in Malaysia, EDS Program.

• MA Dissertations: o Co-Advisor: Chieh-ming Lai (2016, awarded) Public Green Space in Bangkok: A Case Study of

Lumphini Park, Southeast Asian Studies Program. o Co-Advisor: Pawel Kazimierz Bartosik (2016, awarded) A Buddhist Approach as an Alternative

Economic Paradigm: A Case Study of International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Southeast Asian Studies Program.

Post-Graduate Teaching • Course Coordinator and Lecturer: Seminar in Environment, Development and Sustainability, EDS Program

o 1st and 2nd Semesters 2016-2017, 1st and 2nd Semesters 2017-2018. • Course Coordinator & Lecturer: Advanced Issues in Environment, Development and Sustainability, EDS

Program. o 2nd Semester, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. o Advanced Issues in EDS, Research Project: Bangkok–Smart Environment in Smart Cities (01-05/2018).


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o Advanced Issues in EDS, Research Project: Urban Policy in Bangkok (01-05/2017). • Course Coordinator and Lecturer: Urbanization in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Studies Program.

o 2nd Semester, 2018-2019, 1st Semester, 2016-2017, and 2nd Semester, 2014-2015. • Lecturer: Urban Development and Planning, EDS Program.

o 2nd Semester, 2017-2018 and 2016-2017. Other Functions • Organize and contribute to conferences/symposia on sustainable urban development and related issues. • Lead, Knowledge Generation and Management, Social Research Institute, 2014-2016. • Co-Chair: Urbanization Sub-Cluster under Social Development Research Cluster, 2014-2016. Knowledge Products Expert – Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines, February 2017 to December 2018 Viet Nam: Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development, Capacity Development Technical Assistance Project • Reviewed the various drafts of Viet Nam National Urban Development Strategy and added innovative

approaches to the various sub-strategies. • Defined the knowledge plan for knowledge products in the urban sector. Scientific Expert – I-SITE Project – Science-Innovation-Territories-Economy Initiative Université Paris-Est, Paris, France, January & November 2018 • Peer reviewed Tremplin Project Proposals under the Research Project, FUTURE, the project of Université

Paris-Est focused on the “City of tomorrow”. • The FUTURE scientific project is built on three challenges: the resource-efficient city; the secure and

resilient city; and the smart city. Lead Consultant – Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan August 2017 to May 2018 • Prepared Partnering for Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to

Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, a joint initiative of UNU-IAS and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), Bangkok.

• Developed the Framework for Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) Guidelines, as an innovative knowledge product: (i) Developed the structure, chapter outline, methodology, and key messages of the guidelines; (ii) Reviewed scholastic and case-based literature on MSP for sustainable development; (iii) Identified interests and challenges of member States with special needs and cases of existing MSP

mechanisms to extract lesson learned; (iv) Developed the guidelines in the form of a practical guidance report, corresponding to interest and needs

of member States identified in validation workshops; and (v) Assured the validity and accuracy of information, tables and charts included in the write-up.

• Co-organized Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for SDGs Workshop: Validating Guidelines for Multi- Stakeholder Partnerships for SDG Implementation, with collaboration between UNU-IAS and UN- ESCAP, Bangkok, 28-29 November 2017.

• Presentations at Workshops: Presented the draft of the MSP guidelines and discussed at validation workshops in Bangkok, with a view to validating, discussing and complementing the analysis. The final guidelines were launched in March 2018 at the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2018. (i) Assisted the development of concept notes for the workshops; (ii) Delivered presentations and discussions on the guidelines at the workshops; (iii) Documented the feedbacks obtained at the workshops and incorporate them into the development of the

guidelines. Consultant – Knowledge Products Heinrich Böll Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand, September 2015 ASEAN Economic Integration and Sustainable Urbanisation • Prepared an article on ‘ASEAN Economic Integration and Sustainable Urbanisation’ with focus on: (i) The


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economic role of cities in ASEAN, (ii) Economic growth, urbanisation, consumption, and the environment, (iii) Urban poverty, inequality, and informality, and (iv) ASEAN economic integration, governance, and sustainable urbanisation.

• This was prepared as part of Heinrich Böll Foundation's Web Dossier on “Understanding Southeast Asia.” Senior Urban Development Advisor, UNDP United Nations Development Programme, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia August 2013 to February 2014 • Prepared a country strategy paper, Sustainable and Inclusive Urbanization in Mongolia: Urban

Development Strategy for UNDP. • Held substantive consultations with the representatives of the Government of Mongolia, Municipal

Government of Ulaanbaatar, civil society, private sector, and UN and international development agencies. • Conducted field mission to Ulaanbaatar, September 2013. Consultant – Local Economic Governance The Asia Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2014 • Supported the Asia Foundation in the design of an independent evaluation of Local Economic Governance

Program. • Prepared a brief narrative report that documents Consultant's key observations and recommendations. Visiting Professor, SGPP-Indonesia School of Government and Public Policy, Jakarta, Indonesia October 2013 to March 2014 • Co-taught the field research course, Study-trip: Anthropology of Public Policy, under the Master of Public

Policy program with focus on urban policy analysis of low-income housing, public transportation, and solid waste management in Bangkok and Chennai (with Professor Erhard Friedberg).

• Supported the Bangkok field study, including site-visits to a ‘Lak Si Community Waste Bank’, ‘BTS sky-train’ mass rapid transit system, and a low-income housing project (January 2014).

Visiting Research Fellow, Curtin University School of Built Environment, Perth, Australia November-December 2013 • Provided substantive advice on the expansion of Lakhnu Village Community Development Project, India. • Prepared three proposals for resource mobilization from the Asian Development Bank and UN agencies. • Delivered a Seminar at the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute (AAPI) on Nomadic Metropolis: Urban

Transitions in Ulaanbaatar and the Role of Development Assistance. Team Leader & Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) ADB Project Preparation Technical Assistance (PPTA 7970-MON), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia August 2012 to July 2013 • Led the preparation of and provided strategic and urban policy advice to Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and

Ger Areas Development Investment Program, a 10-year Multitranche Financing Facility (US $224 million), financed by the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, the Asian Development Bank, and European Investment Bank.

• Managed smooth coordination with the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Government of Mongolia, multilateral and bilateral donors and other stakeholders for the preparation of the investment program.

• Support the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar and led the organization of various workshops with the Government and local residents (see: https://www.news.mn/r/140282).

• Managed a multi-disciplinary team of over 70 international and national professionals. • Project received internal ADB awards for its ‘quality of preparation’ and ‘inclusiveness’ (i.e., the

involvement of local residents in the investment program’s preparation).


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Adjunct Faculty, Asian Institute of Technology Urban Environmental Management Field of Study School of Environment, Resources and Development, Bangkok, Thailand April 2012 to March 2013 • Conducted Asia-wide review: ‘Cities in Asia, 2012: Demographics, economics, poverty, environment and

governance’, published in Cities journal (Scopus). • Examined Master’s thesis, Neighbourhood Environment Areas in Nha Trang Municipality, Vietnam, by

Miss Tran Thanh Thu (May 2012). Human Settlements Officer, UN-Habitat UN Human Settlements Programme, July 2006 to April 2012 • Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan (7/2006-7/2010) • Bangkok Office, Thailand (7/2010 to 4/2012)

Asia Pacific Regional-level Urban Development Policy, Research and Technical Support • Provided Asia-Pacific regional-level strategic and policy directions on inclusive and sustainable urban

development through the conceptualization and coordinating the preparation of the United Nations’ inaugural report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, in collaboration with UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment Programme, and United Cities and Local Governments – Asia Pacific Regional Section.

• Led, conceptualized and developed the UN-Habitat’s Knowledge Generation and Management Programme for Asia-Pacific.

• Contributed to the preparation of the Asia Pacific Regional Strategy for Cities and Climate Change Initiative that aimed to match UN-Habitat technical support with the specific demands of the Asian and Pacific cities on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

• Initiated, conceptualized and coordinated the preparation of Accommodating People in the Asia-Pacific Region (2007), 10th Anniversary publication of the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

• Co-taught ‘International Cooperation Studies’ course (with UN-Habitat colleagues) at Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, during two academic sessions (2006-07 and 2008-09).

• Contributed to the organization of World Habitat Day on the theme, A safe city is a just city, Fukuoka, Japan, October 2007.

• Represented UN-Habitat in conferences, expert group meetings, and workshops on inclusive and sustainable urban development in the Asia-Pacific region, held in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, and The Netherlands.

Country-Level Technical Support on Urban Development Programmes • Provided urban policy advice and technical support to national and local governments on inclusive and

sustainable development, with focus on urban governance and planning (including city development and urban upgrading strategies), community-led urban upgrading, cities and climate change, and post-disaster reconstruction.

• Led, designed and managed technical assistance and operational projects (including field missions) in cooperation with national and local governments, civil society and international development partners.

• Mobilized financial resources from multilateral, bilateral and private sector donors, such as Cities Alliance, UN Central Emergency Response Fund, Govt. of Japan and BASF Chemical Company (Germany).

• Managed UN-Habitat urban development and governance inputs to the UN Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAF) for China and Mongolia, and UN Partnership Framework (UNPAF) for Thailand.

• Coordinated UN-Habitat shelter inputs to UN post-disaster, recovery and reconstruction appeal documents. • Initiated and managed the preparation of a documentary film, Yongquan Village School, on a post-disaster

reconstruction project in Sichuan Province, China. • Countries of experience: Led and conducted official UN-Habitat missions to China, Mongolia, Nepal,

Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. Operational Projects – Designed, managed and supervised (highlights): • Mongolia: Community-Led Ger Area Upgrading in Ulaanbaatar City (US $5.85 million; Donor:

Government of Japan). • Mongolia: Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy and Investment Plan (GUSIP) of Ulaanbaatar

(US $500,000; Donor: Cities Alliance).


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• China: Earthquake-resistant School Reconstruction in Sichuan Province (US $350,000; Donor: BASF Germany).

• Nepal: Emergency Project on “Non-Food Items and Emergency Shelter Assistance to IDPs and Returnees Induced by Conflict” (US $200,000; Donor: UN Central Emergency Response Fund).

• China: Getting Children Back to School: Providing Pre-Fabricated Classroom Units to the Earthquake-Affected Children of Gansu Province (US $160,000; Donor: BASF Germany).

• Mongolia: Sustainable Cities Programme (US $100,000; Donor: The Netherlands). • Viet Nam: Preparation of City Development Strategy for Thanh Hoa City in a Regional Development

Context (US $75,000; Donor: Cities Alliance). Details of Sector Thematic (Analytical & Advisory) Work and Operational / Development Practice: Asia-Pacific Regional-level Technical Cooperation

First-ever State of Asian Cities Report 2010/11 • Conceptualised and coordinated the preparation of United Nations’ first-ever report on The State of Asian

Cities 2010/11. • Project leader and substantive editor of The State of the Asian Cities report, prepared by UN-HABITAT in

collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (UNESCAP), UN Environment Programme – Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (UNEP-ROAP) and United Cities and Local Governments – Asia-Pacific Section (UCLG-ASPAC).

• Successfully developed institutional partnership and secured commitment for technical and financial contributions from UNESCAP, UNEP-ROAP and UCLG-ASPAC for the report’s preparation.

Accommodating People in the Asia-Pacific Region (2007) • Initiated and conceptualised the UN-HABITAT ROAP’s high-profile 10th Anniversary publication entitled,

‘Accommodating People in the Asia-Pacific Region’. • Contributed to the write-up of its Section 1 on “Progress and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region” and

Section 7 on “City Development and Urban Upgrading Strategies”. • Successfully managed the preparation and publication of the 10th Anniversary publication. Best Practices Documentation • Initiated the documentation of UN-HABITAT ROAP’s Best Practices on Slum Upgrading in Afghanistan,

Bangladesh Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka. • At national-level, documented the preparation process of the first Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading

Strategy of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia. Peer-Review of Best Practice Submission from Singapore • Peer-reviewed the submission from Singapore’s Housing & Development Board for the UN-Habitat’s Scroll

of Honour award (http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10320p.nsf/w/HDBWinsUNAward). Peer-Review of Publication • Reviewed and edited the publication, People’s Process in Post-disaster and Post-conflict Recovery and

Reconstruction, based on UN-HABITAT’s experience in Asia-Pacific. UN-HABITAT’s Global Campaign on Good Urban Governance

Regional Networking on Good Urban Governance • Coordinated with UNESCAP on the organisation of 10th, 11th and 12th Regional Consultative Meeting on

Good Urban Governance, held in Mumbai (2006), Manila (2007) and Nanjing (2008) respectively. Strengthening Technical Cooperation with United Cities and Local Governments – Asia-Pacific Section (UCLG ASPAC) • Buttressed ROAP’s collaboration with the Secretariat of UCLG-ASPAC, a key regional network of local

authorities in the Asia-Pacific region.


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• Advocated ROAP’s Good Urban Governance achievements in UCLG-ASPAC’s Annual Training Forum on “City Cleanliness – Environmental Sustainability”, Batam, Indonesia (April 2007).

Country-Level Technical Cooperation People’s Republic of China

Climate Change and City Development Strategy • Initiated the development of a project proposal to prepared City Development Strategy focused on Climate

Change adaptation and mitigation issues (May 2009). • Discussions held with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the World Bank. • Project to focus on one city with a total value of over US$ 1 million. Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction – Strategic-level • Led the development and implementation of UN-HABITAT’s Strategic Response to the post-disaster

situation in the aftermath of Sichuan earthquake that occurred on 12 May 2008. • Established strategic partnerships among the Government of China, country-level UN Disaster Management

Team and UN-HABITAT to enhance regional-level and national-level coordination. Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction – Operational-level (a) UN China Appeal for Wenchuan Earthquake Early Recovery Support • Managed the preparation of the Shelter Sector proposal (US$ 1.8 million) – in collaboration with the

Government of China and UNDP, which was included in the UN China Appeal for Wenchuan Earthquake Early Recovery Support.

• Mobilized resources for rapid response from UN-HABITAT and the Government of Japan. (b) Rural Housing Recovery and Reconstruction in Sichuan Province • Initiated and prepared a project proposal (US$ 10 million) on the reconstruction of rural villages in 3

selected townships in Shifang City, Sichuan Province. The project aimed to introduce innovative and sustainable approaches, techniques and technologies for earthquake-resistant shelter and infrastructure reconstruction, environmental restoration and revitalisation of rural livelihoods.

(c) Earthquake-resistant School Reconstruction in Sichuan Province • Initiated the preparation of this post-disaster recovery project and mobilised resources (US$ 350,000) from a

private sector donor in Germany. • Managed the project implementation in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology and

Sichuan Provincial Government. (d) Getting Children Back to School: Providing Pre-Fabricated Classroom Units to the Earthquake-Affected

Children of Gansu Province • Led the preparation of this emergency relief project and mobilised resources (US$ 160,000) from a private

sector donor in Germany. • Successfully completed in record time (20 days) the installation of 21 pre-fabricated classroom units to the

earthquake-affected children of Xihe County in Gansu Province, in partnership with UNICEF. South-South Cooperation • Initiated and facilitated South-South Cooperation for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, including

sharing Pakistan’s post-disaster Rural Housing Recovery and Reconstruction experience with China in the aftermath of Sichuan earthquake.

Mongolia

Community-Led Ger Area Upgrading in Ulaanbaatar City (US$5.85 million) • Initiated and conceptualised a grant project on Community-Led Ger Area Upgrading in Ulaanbaatar City,

building on the innovative work done under GUSIP and SCP-Mongolia support.


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• Developed the project proposal in partnership with diverse stakeholders, including the Minsitry, Municipality, Embassy of Japan, JICA, UNDP and UNICEF.

• Mobilised funding worth US$5.85 million from the Government of Japan’s special Grant Aid for Community Empowerment.

Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy and Investment Plan (GUSIP) of Ulaanbaatar • Led the preparation of the first “Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar City”,

including focus on climate change and disaster risk reduction. • Successfully managed the discussions with the Mayor’s Council and the Ulaanbaatar City Citizens’

Representatives Council for the approval of the “Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar City”.

• Conceptualised and defined three types of Ger areas – Central, Middle and Peri-urban Ger areas –in Ulaanbaatar city, which were recognised in policy documents by the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar.

• Led the establishment of an information sharing protocol between 31 departments of the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar and GUSIP Project with the support of the City Mayor.

• Built and strengthened partnership with project partners including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Embassies of Japan, France and The Netherlands.

• Managed the preparation of: (i) the Institutional Strengthening Strategy for capacity building on Ger-area upgrading in Ulaanbaatar; and (ii) Urban Development Guidelines – for the implementation of Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar City.

Sustainable Cities Programme–Mongolia (SCP-Mongolia) • Initiated and conceptualised the “Ger Area Information Systems of Ulaanbaatar (GAISU)”, and successfully

managed GAISU’s development in collaboration with the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar with SCP-Mongolia support.

• Established Environmental Management Information Systems Training Laboratory in collaboration with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar.

• Led the introduction of UN-HABITAT’s Community Action Planning methodology to address Ger-area Upgrading issues in Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolia – Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • Peer-reviewed the “Report on Housing Needs Assessment” prepared by the MDG Working Group of the

Government of Mongolia. Technical Assistance and Cooperation with UNRC’s Office and UNDP Mongolia • Developed a Joint UN-HABITAT–UNDP project concept on assisting the Government of Mongolia on

Urban Development and Governance issues. • Contributed to the Mid-Term Review and 2007 Annual Review of Mongolia UNDAF (2007-2011). • Successfully negotiated with UNRC’s Office and started a section on UN-HABITAT in the “New Horizons

– The Newsletter of the United Nations in Mongolia”. Viet Nam

City Development Strategy for Thanh Hoa City in a Regional Development Context § Initiated and conceptualised this project which employed a new approach to developing and implementing a

City Development Strategy in a regional development context, as it focused on the city’s environmental and economic connections with the entire province.

• Project also aimed to address the vulnerability to climate change impacts on Thanh Hoa City and Province, one of Viet Nam’s 10 provinces most vulnerable to climate change.

• It was developed through teamwork and partnership with the City, Provincial and National Governments as well as the Asian Development Bank and Agence Française de Développement.

• Enhanced the capacity of Thanh Hoa City and Provincial Governments and the Ministry of Construction for concetualising the CDS through the project fomulation process.


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• Led the formulation of the preparatory grant proposal with the City and Provincial Governments and the Ministry of Construction, and successfully secured grant funding from Cities Alliance Trust Fund.

Nepal

Emergency Project on “Non-Food Items and Emergency Shelter Assistance to IDPs and Returnees Induced by Conflict” • Managed the formulation of the project proposal under the “Nepal Common Appeal for Transition Support

– 2008” in partnership with Norwegian Refugee Council, and consultation with the Government of Nepal. • The project gave high priority to women headed-households, elderly women and widows who were in

desperate need of assistance. • Successfully secured funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund, and efficiently built consensus

on the implementation arrangements with NRC. Nepal Slum Upgrading Strategies and Investment Plan • Initiated and conceptualised this preparatory grant project for developing national- and city-level slum

upgrading strategies and investment plan. • Led the formulation of the preparatory grant proposal with the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works,

and successfully secured grant funding from Cities Alliance Trust Fund. • Organised the first Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop to share, explore and outline the slum and squatter

upgrading issues in Nepal. • Conceptualised and guided the preparation of the Background Review on Slum and Squatter Upgrading in

Nepal. Nepal Urban Forum • Initiated the idea and reached agreement with the Government of Nepal for the establishment of the Nepal

Urban Forum that would promote good urban governance and sustainable development in the country. Nepal Slum and Squatter Upgrading Forum • Conceptualised the “Nepal Slum and Squatter Upgrading Forum” with the aim of discussing, raising the

profile of and finding solutions to slum and squatter upgrading and related urban governance issues in Nepal.

• Initiated and effectively managed the establishment of the “Nepal Slum and Squatter Upgrading Forum” with the membership of the Government of Nepal, Municipal Association of Nepal and key civil society organisations, NGOs and grassroots organisations engaged in addressing slum and squatter upgrading issues in the country.

Nepal – Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • Explored the possibility to collaborate with the Government of Nepal and UNDP Nepal on the Localisation

of MDGs. • Conducted a quick review of “MDG-based Urban Poverty Reduction Strategy of Biratnagar City” and

advised the Municipality of Biratnagar on localising MDG indicators at the city-level. • Advised Butwal Municipality in Rupandehi District (UNDP selected district for MDG Needs Assessment)

for preparing MDG Baseline at the city-level (September 2006). Urban Development Specialist, The World Bank The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, USA April 2002 to June 2006

Urban Development Policy, Research and Technical Support

Urban Liveability and the ‘Expanded Brown Agenda’ • Provided strategic directions for the Bank’s future work on urban liveability, which resulted into a co-

authored book, Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities (with Anthony G. Bigio). • Conducted the first-ever systematic review of the World Bank’s investments aimed at improving urban

liveability, one of the four goals of the Bank’s Urban and Local Government Strategy (2000).


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• Developed the concept of ‘Expanded Brown Agenda’, which included in the ‘urban environment’ or Brown Agenda the urban planning and development issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Cities and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • Prepared a Think-piece on Millennium Development Goals in the Urban Context and the World Bank’s Role,

which discussed: (i) the nature of development problems related to MDGs in urban areas, (ii) the issues and opportunities for achieving MDGs in the urban context, and (iii) outlined the relevance of the World Bank’s Urban Development work in achieving the MDGs targets.

Urban Poverty Analysis and Strategy • Saudi Arabia: Prepared a strategy note, Urban Poverty in Saudi Arabia – Issues in the Context and Potential

Interventions, which included an overview of urbanization, economic growth, and urban liveability in Saudi Arabia, and detailed out the issues related to urban poverty, and the strategic choices available to address them.

• Yemen – Taiz City Urban Poverty Analysis and Strategy: Based on on-location fieldwork (including reconnaissance survey of low-income settlements), conducted a preliminary characterization of urban poverty in Taiz city with particular focus on urban liveability and institutional issues.

• Yemen – Urban Poverty Analysis: Prepared the Concept Note for a national-level study on this subject, based on the findings of Taiz City Urban Poverty Analysis and Strategy.

Community Driven Development in Urban Upgrading • Prepared a Social Development Note based on the brief review community driven development approaches

used in the World Bank projects aimed at urban upgrading in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Country-Level Technical Support on Urban Development Programmes • Provided technical support at national and local levels under investment and grant projects on urban

governance and planning (including community-led urban upgrading, and city development strategies), urban environment and infrastructure, energy services and greenhouse gas emission reduction, basic urban services, and urban poverty.

• Designed and assisted the supervision of operational projects, technical assistance and “economic and sector work” (including extensive missions), in close cooperation with national and local governments, civil society organizations, and international development partners.

• Provided substantive inputs to the preparation of World Bank’s country-level Urban Development sector strategies.

• Mobilized financial resources from multilateral and bilateral donors, such as the World Bank-managed Japan Social Development Fund.

• Countries of experience: China, Iran, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Operational Projects – Technical support provided as Task Team Member (highlights): • China: Hebei Urban Environment Project (Loan US$150 million, Total Project US $300 million) • China: Second Hubei Urban Environment Project (Loan US$84 million, Total Project US$190 million) • China: Second Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment (Shenzhen) Project (proposed Loan

US$300 million, Total Project US $1.4 Billion) • Iran: Tehran Solid Waste Management Project (proposed Loan US $70 million) • Mongolia: Second Ulaanbaatar Services Improvement Project (Loan US $18 million) • Mongolia: Community-led Infrastructure Development for the Urban Poor in Ulaanbaatar (US $1.98

million; Donor: Japan Social Development Fund) • Mongolia: Improved Household Stoves in Urban Centers (US $750,000; Donor: Global Envt. Facility) • Mongolia: Development Strategies for Secondary Cities (US $130,000; Donor: Cities Alliance) • Mongolia: Low-cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor (US $50,000; Donor: the Netherlands) Details of Sector Thematic (Analytical & Advisory) Work and Operational / Development Practice: Policies, Strategies and Analytical Work at the Urban Development Unit Strategic Planning, Brown Agenda, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction


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• Co-authored a book under the title, Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities (with Anthony G. Bigio), based on the first systematic review of the World Bank’s lending for improving urban environmental quality in developing countries.

• Redefined the urban, regional, and the related global environmental issues as an Expanded Brown Agenda, with focus on: 1) Protecting and enhancing environmental health in urban areas 2) Protecting water, soil and air quality in urban areas from contamination and pollution 3) Minimizing the urban impact on natural resources at the regional and global scales 4) Preventing and mitigating urban impacts of natural disasters and climate change

• Developed strategic directions for the Bank’s lending on Expanded Brown Agenda, which cut across urban development, disaster management, water supply & sanitation, environment and energy sectors.

• Led the coordination of the Urban Environmental Management Toolkit preparation (with Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez). The Toolkit was prepared to assist Task Team Leaders in implementing the World Bank’s Urban and Local Government Strategy, especially in improving urban liveability.

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • Authored a Think-piece on Millennium Development Goals in the Urban Context and the World Bank’s

Role. The think-piece discussed the nature and extent of development problems related to MDGs in urban areas, and the issues and opportunities related to achieving MDGs in the urban context. This note outlined and emphasized the relevance of the World Bank’s Urban Development work to the MDG targets.

Country-Level Technical Cooperation Mongolia Community-led Infrastructure Development for the Urban Poor in Ulaanbaatar • Project Coordinator of Community-led Infrastructure Development for the Urban Poor in Ulaanbaatar

Project (with Hubert Jenny, formerly with the World Bank, and now at ADB). • Designed and negotiated the project components: (i) Community-led Infrastructure Development, and (ii)

Revolving Fund for Low-Cost Sanitation. These components are aimed at improving basic infrastructure and sanitation through the participatory preparation and implementation of community-led infrastructure plans (CLIPs), and through building partnership between local governments and CBOs (to be established), in the peri-urban Ger (traditional felt tent/yurt) areas.

• Prepared a successful grant proposal (US$1.98 million) for the Japan Social Development Fund (with Rajagopal Iyer) through intensive discussions with the local governments and civil society.

• Presented the JSDF Project to the Presidium of the Ulaanbaatar City Citizens’ Representatives Council. • Initiated project implementation and established project team (including hiring of project staff). • Undertook project preparation and review missions (September and November 2003). Low-cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor • Initiated and designed the 4-volume study on Mongolia: Low-cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor, a crucial

input to the JSDF component on Revolving Fund for Low-Cost Sanitation. • Mobilized funds (US$50K) for the study from the World Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership administered

by the Water and Energy Department. Development Strategies for Secondary Cities (CDS-2) • Backstopped the implementation of the Cities Alliance-funded Mongolia – Development Strategies for

Secondary Cities of Darkhan, Erdenet, Choibalsan, Hovd and Tsetserleg, including field-visits to Darkhan and Erdenet. This provides an adequate framework of intervention for strategic urban development planning vis-à-vis local economic and infrastructure development.

• Supervised the implementation of cross-sectoral working groups and participatory urban governance mechanisms put in place under the Project; Project review missions conducted to Darkhan and Erdenet cities (April 2005).

• Presented the World Bank’s Mongolia Urban Programme in the CDS-2 Donor Workshop, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (July 2005).

• Reviewed and evaluated consultant bids/proposals received by the World Bank for this Project.


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Privatisation of Water Supply in Ulaanbaatar • Provided technical inputs to the design of the studies (including preparation of TORs) on: (i) privatisation of

water-kiosks; (ii) privatisation of trucked water supply; and (iii) regulatory framework for privatisation in water supply sector (with Hubert Jenny).

• Mobilized funds (US$100,000) for the study from the World Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership administered by the Water and Energy Department.

Infrastructure Strategy for Mongolia • Task Team Member of the Infrastructure Strategy Team for Mongolia, contributing on the Urban

Development Sector, including Urban Upgrading/Planning, Land Management, Cultural Heritage and Municipal Finance.

• Conducted a reconnaissance survey of cultural heritage sites in Ulaanbaatar city (Gandan Monastery and Choijin Lama Temple Museum) and Amarbayasaglant Monastery.

Rehabilitation of Waste-pickers in Ulaanbaatar • Successfully prepared a Seed Fund proposal to the Japan Social Development Fund with the objective to

improve the livelihoods of the waste pickers through improving their waste collection/recycling operations and working conditions, and promoting their integration into the wider society.

Second Ulaanbaatar Services Improvement Project • Supervised the design and preparation of the Technical Assistance packages on Urban Planning and Land

Management in Ulaanbaatar including land allocation in Ger areas, information systems for land management, urban upgrading, land-use planning and related institutional mechanisms and regulations, leading to improvements in urban planning and land management.

• Negotiated the Technical Assistance packages on Urban Planning and Land Management with the respective Departments of the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolia Urban Business Strategy • Prepared the World Bank’s Mongolia Urban Business Strategy. This note provides strategic directions for

the World Bank’s Urban Development work and outlines a framework for the integration of donor assistance to cities and towns in Mongolia.

Improved Household Stoves in Urban Centers – a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project • Restructured the Improved Household Stoves in Urban Centers Project, including project development with

focus on the increasingly relevant concept of “Output Based Aid” (OBA). • Conducted the Project’s Mid-Term Review, including “backstopping” implementation. • Restructured the Project Implementation Unit during the Mid-Term Review. • Undertook project review missions (April and September 2004, and April 2005). People’s Republic of China

Second Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment (Shenzhen) Project • Conducted the institutional analysis for water supply, wastewater management, flood control sectors, and

urban planning in Shenzhen city. This analysis – which involved extensive discussions with public and private sectors – had been a key input to the design of Technical Assistance on institutional development for the management of urban infrastructure and utilities in Shenzhen.

• Conducted a reconnaissance survey of Dapeng Fort cultural heritage site in Shenzhen. Hebei Urban Environment Project • Supervised the implementation of a Technical Assistance package on Geographical Information System

(GIS) and related institutional aspects of Hebei Urban Environment Project, which was beneficial in making necessary adjustments to the project component on GIS.

• Project review mission conducted (November 2003).


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Second Hubei Han River Urban Environment Project • Led the pre-identification mission of the Project including a preliminary review of the proposed components

on urban environmental pollution control, and related institutional issues. Findings of this mission were used to prepare and conduct the follow-up missions.

• Conducted field-visit for to water and wastewater related sites in the cities of Xiantao, Qianjiang, Jinmen, Yicheng and Xiangfan, located along Han River in Hubei Province (February 2004).

China Solid Waste Management Strategy • Reviewed the Concept Note of technical assistance on China Solid Waste Management Strategy. • Conducted strategic discussions with the Beijing Municipal Administration Committee on solid waste

management in Beijing. Beijing Urban Environment Project • Reviewed the project proposal on GIS for the Beijing Urban Drainage System. Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Solid Waste Management Project • Task Team member of Tehran Solid Waste Management Project, in-charge of designing the Participatory

Solid Waste Recycling sub-component and the related institutional and social issues (with David Marsden), and finalizing the Solid Waste Recycling Component in the Project.

• Provided technical inputs to the Tehran Solid Waste Management Strategy, and the financial analysis of the Municipality of Tehran.

• Organized a consultative workshop with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the Past Experiences and Lessons Learnt on Participatory Solid Waste Recycling in Tehran (with David Marsden), with assistance from Humyaran (an NGO) and the Municipality of Tehran.

• Project review missions conducted to Tehran (May and October 2004). Saudi Arabia Strategy Note on Urban Poverty in Saudi Arabia • Prepared a strategy note on Urban Poverty in Saudi Arabia: Issues in the Context and Potential

Interventions. It included an overview of urbanization, economic growth, and urban liveability in Saudi Arabia, and detailed the issues related to urban poverty, and the strategic choices available to address them, including addressing macro-economic issues through urban interventions.

Yemen Yemen Urban Poverty Analysis • Conducted fieldwork-based preliminary characterization of urban poverty in Taiz city with focus on urban

liveability and institutional issues, including reconnaissance survey of low-income settlements. • Validated the preliminary characterization of urban poverty in Taiz city through the organisation of a

citywide consultative workshop with the involvement of the key stakeholders from public and private sectors, civil society and academia.

• Prepared the Concept Note for the Yemen Urban Poverty Analysis Study (with Rosanna Nitti). • Undertook project mission to Sana’a and Taiz cities (February 2005). India Review of Low-income Housing Programmes • Contributed to the internal evaluation of the low-income housing and slum dweller programmes of the

Government of India, with focus on implementation of these programmes in Karnataka State. This has been instrumental in developing a dialogue with the Government of India on issues related to housing for the urban poor, and in the preparation of a World Bank operation.

• Undertook project mission to Delhi and Bangalore (March 2003).


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Urban Development Specialist/Summer Intern, The World Bank The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, USA June to October 1999 • Conducted a portfolio review of World Bank’s Urban Sector projects contributing to urban environment in

developing countries, towards the preparation of the World Bank’s first-ever Environment Strategy. • Prepared an internal publication, World Bank Lending for the Urban Environment: A Portfolio Analysis,

which contributed to the Urban Development Division’s input to the World Bank’s first-ever Environment Strategy, Making Sustainable Commitments: An Environment Strategy for the World Bank (2001).

Urban and Regional Planner, UN-Habitat UN-Habitat Sustainable Cities Programme, Chennai, India July 1997 to March 1999 Metropolitan level: Strategic Urban Environment Planning & Management • Initiated and developed an Institutional Framework to build partnership between municipalities and

community-based organizations (CBOs) for urban environmental planning and management. The State Government of Tamil Nadu adopted this institutional framework for improving service provision and in turn, quality of life in towns in Chennai Metropolitan Area.

• Conceived and designed a participatory action-planning framework for improved urban environmental planning and management, with special reference to solid waste management.

• Organized various working group discussions, including agenda setting and preparation of Base Papers.

Sub-city level: Action Planning for “Zero Waste Management” in Valasaravakkam • Initiated and formulated a successful proposal for funding from UN-Habitat Sustainable Cities Programme

for a demonstration project on community-driven solid waste management in Valasaravakkam town in Chennai Metropolitan Area.

• Created and managed the establishment of a CBO named Environ in Valasaravakkam. • Managed the institutionalization of community-driven waste management process. This demonstration

project, which initially focused on one neighbourhood, has subsequently been upscaled to 12 neighbourhoods.

Research Associate, NISTADS National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi, India February to May 1995, and September 1995 to September 1996 • Designed the applied research project, Application of Spatial Data Technologies for Monitoring Urban

Sprawl: The Case of Delhi, funded by International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada. • Managed all aspects of the project implementation, including conceptualization of research questions,

development of research methodology, literature review, selection of study area, design of household questionnaire, data collection, and formulation of the analytical framework.

• Liaised with community leaders in Chanakya Place Residents Welfare Association – a community-based organization in peri-urban Delhi, for primary data collection at household level.

• Led primary data collection from over 1,000 residents in Chanakya Place neighbourhood. • Design and prepare a knowledge product based on the Project's findings in form of a Research Project

Report. Project Associate, NIUA National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, India June to August 1995 • As Core Team Member, contributed to the design of a framework for Institutional Strengthening of Urban

Environmental Management in India in the context of democratic decentralization through the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.

• Conducted background research on urban environment related policies, strategies, legal provisions and organizational structures.


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• Organized consultations with policy makers and high-level officials in the Ministry of Urban Development, pollution control agencies, research institutions, and NGOs.

CountriesofWorkExperience/Academic&ProfessionalVisits/Studies&Research:

• Asia-Pacific: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

• Africa: Kenya, South Africa • Europe: Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom • Middle East: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen • Latin America: Brazil, Ecuador • North America: USA • Oceania: Australia

4.INTERNATIONALKNOWLEDGELEADERSHIP Research/PublicationLeadershipRoles:1. Lead and Editor of book project: Transforming Sustainable Urban Development in Asia Pacific, Thammasat

University (2019 to present; forthcoming, Springer Nature, 2021).

2. Co-Lead, Co-editor of book project: Planetary Cities - Future-hacking the Urban, with Jose Ramos (2019 to present; forthcoming, Springer Nature, 2021).

3. Co-Lead, Co-editor of book project: Practising Cultural Geographies: Essays in Honour of Rana PB Singh, with R.S. Singh, A.K. Singh, and P.C. Poudel (2017-2020; forthcoming, Springer Nature, 2021).

4. Co-led and co-edited the book project: New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, with Ashok Das, with a Foreword by Dr. Shabbir Cheema, Senior Fellow, Kennedy School, Harvard University (2016-2018; published by Springer Nature, Singapore, 2020).

5. Led, co-conceptualised and co-authored: Partnering for Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Achieve SDGs in Asia and the Pacific, joint publication of United Nations University, Tokyo, and ESCAP, Bangkok, with Mahesti Okitasari (2017-2018).

6. Co-Lead, and Editor: Long Walk to Democratic Governance: Nelson Mandela Distinguished Lecture 2014 by Anand Panyarachun, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (2014-2015).

7. Led, conceptualised and coordinated the preparation of United Nations’ first-ever report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, UN-HABITAT Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, Fukuoka (2007-2011).

8. Conceptualised and coordinated Accommodating People in the Asia-Pacific Region, 10th Anniversary publication of the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan (2007).

9. Co-Lead and Co-author of book project based on global review: Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities, Directions in Development Series, The World Bank, Washington DC (ISBN: 978-92-1-132274-3, with Anthony G. Bigio (2002-2004).

10. Conceptualised and authored, World Bank Lending for the Urban Environment: A Portfolio Analysis. Urban Development Division Study. The World Bank, Washington, DC (processed).

11. Co-Lead and Co-author of research project report: Application of Spatial Data Technologies for Monitoring Urban Sprawl: The Case of Delhi, with S. Khan, S and M.A. Qureshi – research project funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada (1995-1996).


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BookSeriesEditorSCOPUS-indexed Springer Nature Book Series, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements January 2014 to present ISSN: 2198-2546: http://www.springer.com/series/13196 • Lead the SCOPUS-indexed book series at the global level. • Review proposals for authored and edited manuscripts for publication in the book series. • Review authored and edited manuscripts for publication in the book series. 17 titles already published, and many are in pipeline: 1. 2020. García-Villalba, Oscar Carracedo (Ed.) Resilient Urban Regeneration in Informal Settlements in the

Tropics: Upgrading Strategies in Asia and Latin America. 2. 2020. Cirella, Giuseppe T. (Ed.) Sustainable Human–Nature Relations: Environmental Scholarship,

Economic Evaluation, Urban Strategies. 3. 2020. Cheema, Shabbir (Ed.) Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability, and

Transparency. 4. 2020. Chatterjee, Amit and Chattopadhyay, R.N. Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in

India: Lessons from Selected Cities. 5. 2020. Dahiya, Bharat and Das, Ashok (Eds.) New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for

Sustainable and Inclusive Cities. 6. 2020. Vinod Kumar, T.M (Ed.). Smart Environment in Smart Cities. 7. 2020. Sini, Raffaella. Singapore’s Park System Master Planning: A Nation Building Tool to Construct

Narratives in Post-Colonial Countries. 8. 2020. Leong, Chan Hoong, Malone-Lee, Lai Choo (Eds.) Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore

The Convergence of Policies, Research and Practice. 9. 2019. Mboup, Gora, and Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji (Eds.) Smart Economy in Smart African Cities:

Sustainable, Inclusive, Resilient and Prosperous. 10. 2019. Li, Zi. Online Urbanization: Online Services in China’s Rural Transformation. 11. 2019. Vinod Kumar, T.M (Ed.) Smart Metropolitan Regional Development: Economic and Spatial Design

Strategies. 12. 2017. Vinod Kumar, T.M (Ed.) E-Democracy for Smart Cities. 13. 2017. Tan, Puay Yok, Jim, Chi Yung (Eds.). Greening Cities: Forms and Functions. 14. 2017. Vinod Kumar, T.M (Ed.). Smart Economy in Smart Cities – International Collaborative Research:

Ottawa, St.Louis, Stuttgart, Bologna, Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, New Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kozhikode, Hong Kong (listed in Web of Science).

15. 2017. Cho, Im Sik, and Križnik, Blaž. Community-Based Urban Development: Evolving Urban Paradigms in Singapore and Seoul.

16. 2017. Hee, Limin. Constructing Public Space in Singapore (listed in Web of Science). 17. 2015. Vinod Kumar, T.M (Ed.). E-Governance for Smart Cities (listed in Web of Science). Membership–InternationalResearchProjects:

1. Member, Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability, and Transparency, Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA (08/2018 to present).

2. Member, Study on the Optimal Scale of Urban Economy under Ecological Constraints: Theoretical Model and Practice, School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China (12/2016 to present).

3. Co-Lead, New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, Thammasat University, Thailand, and University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA (07/2016 to 05/2019).

4. Member, Core Group of Development Team, Future Earth’s Urban Knowledge-Acton Network (2017-2018).

5. Member, Advisory Panel, Research Project: Iran - Reorganization and Improvement of the Entry Axis to Pasargadae World Heritage Site, Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

6. Collaborating Scholar, Asia’s Urban and Peri-Urban Growth: Governance, Policy, And Disaster Management Project, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA.


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5.INTERNATIONALURBANKNOWLEDGEGENERATION/PRODUCTION Publications Books: • Singh, R.S., Singh, A.K., Dahiya, B. and Poudel, P.C. (Eds.) (forthcoming, 2020) Practising Cultural

Geographies: Essays in Honour of Rana PB Singh, Springer Nature, Singapore.

• Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (Eds.) (2020) New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, Springer Nature, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6709-0

• Dahiya, B. and Okitasari, M. (2018) Partnering for Sustainable Development: Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok (ISBN: 9789280845808; 9789280845853; http://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:6459).

• Dahiya, B. (Ed.) (2015) Long Walk to Democratic Governance: Nelson Mandela Distinguished Lecture 2014 by Anand Panyarachun, Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok (ISBN: 978-616-551-943-4).

• Dahiya, B. – Conceptualised, coordinated and contributing author to: UN-Habitat (2014) 亚洲城市状况报告 2010/2011 – Chinese translation of The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, UN-Habitat,

Fukuoka (ISBN: 978-7-112-17285-6; https://unhabitat.org/books/亚洲城市状况报告20102011-the-state-of-asian-cities-201011/).

• Dahiya, B. – Contributing author to: UN-Habitat and International Urban Training Center (2012) Sustainable Urbanization in Asia: A Sourcebook for Local Governments, UN-Habitat, Nairobi (ISBN: 978-92-1-132457-0; http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3345)

• Dahiya, B. – Conceptualised, coordinated and contributing author to: UN-Habitat (2010) The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka (978-92-1-132274-3; https://unhabitat.org/books/the-state-of-asian-cities-201011/).

• Dahiya, B. – Contributing author to: UN-Habitat (2010) Planning Sustainable Cities: UN-Habitat Practices and Perspectives, UN-Habitat, Nairobi; Document No. HS/1218/09.

• Bigio, A. G. & Dahiya, B. (2004) Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities, Directions in Development Series, The World Bank, Washington DC (ISBN: 0-8213-5796-4; http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-5796-4).

JournalArticles/BookChapters:

• Dahiya, B. (2021a) ‘Foreword’, In Chowdhooree, Imon, & Ghani, Shams Mansoor (eds.), External Interventions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Impacts on Local Communities, Springer, Singapore.

• Dahiya, B. (2021b) ‘Foreword’, In Oscar Carracedo García-Villalba (ed.), Resilient Urban Regeneration in Informal Settlements in the Tropics: Upgrading Strategies in Asia and Latin America, Springer, Singapore.

• Dahiya, B. and Gentry, Brad S. (2020) ‘Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Urban Environments’, In Shabbir Cheema (Ed.) Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability, and Transparency, Springer, Singapore (ISSN: 2198-2546), pp.77-105.

• Dahiya, B. (2020) ‘Foreword’, In Amit Chatterjee and R.N. Chattopadhyay, Satellite Towns in Neo-metropolitan Development in India: Lessons from Selected Cities, Springer, Singapore, pp.v-viii.

• Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (2020b) ‘New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities’, In Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (Eds.) New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, Springer Nature, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6709-0_1 (ISSN: 2198-2546).

• Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (2020a) ‘Preface,’ In Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (Eds.) New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. xi-xiii, available


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at: https://rd.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-981-13-6709-0%2F1.pdf (ISSN: 2198-2546).

• Das, A. and Dahiya, B. (2020) ‘Towards Inclusive Urban Governance and Planning: Emerging Trends and Future Trajectories’, In Dahiya, B. and Das, A. (Eds.) New Urban Agenda in Asia-Pacific: Governance for Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp.353-384, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6709-0_13 (ISSN: 2198-2546).

• Sudhipongpracha, T. and Dahiya, B. (2019) City Profile: Khon Kaen, Thailand, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, Vol. 10, No.2, pp.271-289, https://doi.org/10.1177/0975425319863931 (September) (ISSN: 0975-4253; Online ISSN: 0976-3546).

• Arfanuzzaman, M. and Dahiya, B. (2019) Sustainable urbanization in Southeast Asia and beyond: Challenges of population growth, land use change, and environmental health, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy, Vol. 50, No.2, pp. 725-744, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12297 (ISSN: 1468-2257).

• Dahiya, B. (2019) ‘Foreword II,’ In Mboup, G. and Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, B. (Eds.) Smart Economy in Smart African Cities: Sustainable, Inclusive, Resilient and Prosperous, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp.ix-xiii, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3471-9 (ISSN: 2198-2546).

• Haase, D., Guneralp, B., Dahiya, B., Bai, X., and Elmqvist, T. (2018) ‘Global Urbanization: Perspectives and Trends’, In T. Elmqvist, X. Bai, N. Frantzeskaki, C. Griffith, D. Maddox, T. McPhearson, S. Parnell, P. Romero-Lankao, D. Simon, and M. Watkins (Eds.) Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.19-44 (ISBN: 9781107196933). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316647554.003

• Okitasari, M., Dahiya, B., and Takemoto, K. (2018) ‘Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia-Pacific’, In GUNI (ed.) Approaches to SDG 17 Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Online: Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI, Barcelona), pp. 37-44 (http://collections.unu.edu/view/UNU:6602).

• Kumar, T.M. Vinod and Dahiya, B. (2017) ‘Smart Economy in Smart Cities’, In T.M. Vinod Kumar (Ed.) Smart Economy in Smart Cities, Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 3-76: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811016080 (ISSN: 2198-2546).

• Dahiya, B. (2016) ASEAN Economic Integration and Sustainable Urbanization, Journal of Urban Culture Research, Vol. 12, pp. 8-14, https://doi.org/10.14456/jucr.2016.10 (ISSN Print: 2228-8279; ISSN Online 2408-1213).

• Dahiya, B. (2015) ‘World Urban Realities’, Magazine for Architecture and Urban Planning – DaNS, 19 February (ISSN: 0351-9775).

• Dahiya, B. (2014c) 21st Century Asian cities: Unique transformation, unprecedented challenges, In Ravi S. Singh (ed.) Quotidian Urban Challenges: Development, Environment and Health, YS Books International, New Delhi, pp. 25-38 (ISBN: 978-81-927456-9-5).

• Dahiya, B. (2014b) Southeast Asia and Sustainable Urbanization, Global Asia, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 84-91 (ISSN: 1976-068X).

• Dahiya, B. (2014a) Southeast Asia and sustainable urbanization, Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy and World Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 4, Oct-Dec, pp. 125-134 [written on invitation from the Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia] (ISBN: 2477-1813).

• Dahiya, B (2012b) Cities in Asia, 2012: Demographics, economics, poverty, environment and governance, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Vol. 29, Supplement No. 2, pp. S44–S61 [in top 10 most downloaded articles of Cities in 2013] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.06.013 (ISSN 0264-2751).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012a) 21st Century Asian Cities: Unique Transformation, Unprecedented Challenges, Global Asia, Vol.7, No.1, Spring, pp.96-104 (ISSN: 1976-068X).

• Dahiya, Bharat and Thaitakoo, Danai (2012) Waterscape Habitats in Thailand: Art of Survival vis-à-vis Climate Change, In: Konjian Yu (Ed.) Landscape Architecture China: Conservation and Recovery of the Grand Canal, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, No.3, pp. 180-185 (ISBN: 978-7-5038-6695-1).

• Dahiya, B. and Thaitakoo, D. (2011) Why indigenous knowledge can help climate change adaptation,


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Urban World, Vol. IV, No.4, pp.18-19.

• Dahiya, B. (2005) ‘Understanding Local Politics, Democracy and Civil Society: Environmental Governance in Urban India’, In C. Bates & S. Basu (Eds.) Rethinking Indian Political Institutions, Anthem, London, pp.107-124 (ISBN: 1-84331-079-1 Hardback; 1-84331-080-5 Paperback). DOI: http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gxp6z3.10

• Dahiya, B. (2003b) Peri-urban environments and community driven development: Chennai, India, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp.341-352, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-2751(03)00051-9 (ISSN: 0264- 2751).

• Dahiya, B. (2003a) Hard Struggle and Soft Gains: Environmental Management, Civil Society and Governance in Pammal, South India, Environment & Urbanization, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.91-100, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/095624780301500108 (ISSN: 0956-2478; Online ISSN: 1746-0301).

• Dahiya, B. & Pugh, C. (2000) ‘The Localisation of Agenda 21 and the Sustainable Cities Programme’, In C Pugh (Ed.) Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries: Theory and Practice at the Millennium, Earthscan, London, pp.152-184 (ISBN: 1-85383-619-2 Paperback; 1-85383-624-9 Hardback).

• Dahiya, B. (1999) The Impact of Decentralisation Policies in India, Habitat Debate, Vol. 5, No. 4, p.25 (ISSN: 1020-3613).

• Dahiya, B. (1996) Micro Habitats in Arid Zone: Development Environment Interface, Spatio-Economic Development Record, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 43-52 (ISSN: 0971-4944).

PolicyandStrategyPapers(TheWorldBank,UN-HABITAT,UNDP):• Dahiya, B. (2014) Sustainable and Inclusive Urbanization in Mongolia: Urban Development Strategy for

UNDP, United Nations Development Programme, Ulaanbaatar (processed). • Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2011) Cities and Climate Change Initiative – Asia-

Pacific Regional Strategy, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka, Nairobi and Bangkok. • Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2010) Citywide Pro-Poor Ger Area Upgrading Strategy

of Ulaanbaatar City, UN-Habitat Mongolia Office, Ulaanbaatar. • Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2010) Land Planning and Management Review, UN-

Habitat Mongolia Office, Ulaanbaatar. • Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2010) Urban Poverty Profile: A Snapshot of Urban

Poverty in Ger Areas of Ulaanbaatar City, UN-Habitat Mongolia Office, Ulaanbaatar. • Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2010) Good Practices Review, UN-Habitat Mongolia

Office, Ulaanbaatar. • Dahiya, B. & Shagdarsuren, E. (2007) Mongolia: Improving Lives, Upgrading Ger Areas, Project Note

No.1, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka. • Nitti, R. & Dahiya, B. (2004) Community Driven Development in Urban Upgrading, Social Development

Note, No. 85, The World Bank, Washington DC. • Bigio, A.G. & Dahiya, B. (2003) World Bank Investments for the Urban Environment, Environment

Strategy Note No. 8, World Bank, Washington DC. • Dahiya, B. (2003b) Think-piece on Millennium Development Goals in the Urban Context and the World

Bank’s Role, World Bank, Washington DC (processed). • Dahiya, B. (2003a) Urban Poverty in Saudi Arabia: Issues in the Context and Potential Interventions, A

Policy Note, World Bank, Washington DC (processed). • Dahiya, B. (1999) World Bank Lending for the Urban Environment: A Portfolio Analysis, Urban

Development Division Study, The World Bank, Washington DC (processed). • Dahiya, B. (1998d) Urban Governance for Sustainable Urban Development: A Framework for

Institutionalising Relationship between NGOs/CBOs and Chennai Municipal Corporation, Chennai, 17 June (processed).

• Dahiya, B. (1998c) Urban Governance for Sustainable Urban Development: A Framework for Institutionalising Relationship between NGOs/CBOs and Urban Local Bodies in Chennai Metropolitan Area, UNCHS’ Sustainable Cities Programme, Chennai, 25 May (processed).


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• Dahiya, B. (1998b) Sustainable Chennai Project: Discussion Paper on Hospital Waste Management, UNCHS’ Sustainable Cities Programme, Chennai, India, May 25, 1998 (processed).

• Dahiya, B. (1998a) Sustainable Chennai Project: Discussion Paper on Organic Solid Waste Management, UNCHS’ Sustainable Cities Programme, Chennai, India, May 24, 1998 (processed).

• Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: National Institute of Urban Affairs (1996) Institutional Strengthening of Urban Environmental Management: A Strategy Paper, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi.

InternationalProjectReports(TheWorldBank,andUnitedNations):

• Dahiya, B. – Contributing Author to: UN-Habitat (2007) Accommodating People in the Asia-Pacific Region, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka.

• Dahiya, B. (2004) Institutional Analysis of the Water Supply, Wastewater Management and Flood Control Sector in Shenzhen, China, The World Bank, Washington DC (processed).

• Khan, S., Qureshi, M.A. & Dahiya, B. (1998) Application of Spatial Data Technologies for Monitoring Urban Sprawl: The Case of Delhi, National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi.

ProjectReports(conceptualizedfortheWorldBank):

• Lahiri, S. and Briones, H. (2006) Hygiene and Sanitation Situation Report for Ger Areas, Mongolia: Low Cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Volume 1, The World Bank and Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar.

• Lahiri, S. and Briones, H. (2006) Manual on Promotion of Hygiene and Sanitation in Ger Areas, Mongolia: Low Cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Volume 2, The World Bank and Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar.

• Lahiri, S. and Briones, H. (2006) Manual on Low Cost Sanitation Technologies for Ger Areas, Mongolia: Low Cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Volume 3, The World Bank and Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar.

• Lahiri, S. and Briones, H. (2006) Community Dialogue Tool Kit for Ger Areas, Mongolia: Low Cost Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Volume 4, The World Bank and Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar.

InternationalConferenceProceedings: • Dahiya, B. (2014) ‘The Evolving Practice and Understanding of Urban Resilience in Asia’, Proceedings of

Visions Asia Resilience Forum, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University, Social Research Institute (CUSRI), Chula Global Network, BeGood Café, Bangkok, pp. 16-23.

• Dahiya, B. (2001) Hard Struggle and Soft Gains: Environment, Voluntarism and Governance in Pammal, South India, Proceedings of International Conference on Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-Urban Interface, Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9-10 November.

• Dahiya, B. (2000) Managing the Urban Local Commons: Conflicts and Governance in Valasaravakkam Town in South India, Proceedings of Conference, "Environmental Resources: Conflict, Cooperation and Governance", Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, UK.

• Dahiya, B. (1995) “Plan Making Techniques: Issues and Prospects, The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments and Haryana Panchayati Raj Act”, Proceedings of 43rd Annual Town and Country Planning Seminar, Institute of Town Planners-India, New Delhi.

PublicationsontheInternet:• Dahiya, B. (2016c) Renaissance of urban and territorial planning, Virtual Roundtable on “Habitat III is

finally a reality. From your perspective, what would be the single most important tangible outcome (not output) of the event—short or long term—and what will it take to achieve this outcome?” hosted by The Nature of Cities, October 11 (available at: http://bit.ly/2ecxhZm).


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• Dahiya, B. (2016b) The difference isn’t ecological, it’s cultural, Urban Gateway, UN-Habitat (available at: http://www.urbangateway.org/document/difference-isn’t-ecological-it’s-cultural

• Dahiya, B. (2016a) The difference isn’t ecological, it’s cultural, Virtual Roundtable on “What are the unifying elements of an urban ecology of the Global South and geographic south? Are they different than those in the north?” hosted by The Nature of Cities, August 14 (available at: http://bit.ly/2bsV6Yq).

• Dahiya, B. (2015e) ‘How will the AEC affect ASEAN Urbanisation?’ East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (http://www.eaber.org/node/25285).

• Dahiya, B. (2015d) ASEAN Urbanization and the AEC [ASEAN Economic Community], AEC News Today.

• Dahiya, B. (2015c) ‘How will the AEC affect ASEAN Urbanisation?’ East Asia Forum, Australian National University (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/11/27/how-will-the-aec-affect-asean-urbanisation/).

• Dahiya, B. (2015b) ‘ASEAN Economic Integration and Sustainable Urbanization’, Dossier: Understanding Southeast Asia, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin (https://www.boell.de/en/2015/10/28/asean-economic-integration-and-sustainable-urbanisation).

• Dahiya, B. (2015a) ‘Shifting focus to mobility of people’, Comment on cover page story – ‘Bumper to Bumper’, China Daily – Asia Weekly, 6-12 February, p.9.

• Dahiya, B. (2012) ‘Asian cities in the 21st century’, East Asia Forum, Australian National University, Canberra (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/06/26/asian-cities-in-the-21st-century/).

• Dahiya, B. (2004) ‘Worming away: Indian women revolutionise solid waste disposal’, eldis: Sharing Knowledge for 20 Years, available at: http://www.eldis.org/document/A45646

• Dahiya, B. and Pugh, C. (2002) ‘Getting down to the local level: Challenges for Agenda 21’, eldis: Sharing Knowledge for 20 Years, available at: http://www.eldis.org/document/A9873

6.KNOWLEDGEENRICHMENT&ACADEMICSERVICE Keynotes/Plenary/LeadSpeechesandInvitedLectures:

• Dahiya, Bharat (2020) ‘Transformative Sustainable Urbanization in Southeast Asia’, Regional Science Policy and Practice Lecture, International Conference on Planning Sustainable Regions: The Social-Economic-Ecological Triad, organized by Amity Institute of Environmental Sciences & Amity Institute of Social Sciences, Amity University, Kolkata, 14th February (30 minutes).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019d) ‘Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainable Urban Development: Epistemological Reflections on Science-Policy-Practice Interface’, First Asia Pacific Urban Symposium: Transforming Sustainable Urban Development, organized by Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 11th December (30 minutes).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019c) ‘Sustainable Development and Technologies for the Future’, International Conference on Future Aspects of Sustainable Technologies (FAST 2019), Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 11th November (45 minutes).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019b) ‘Innovation, Technology and Sustainable Development’, International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (ITME-2019), KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 18th October (45 minutes).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019a) ‘Integrating Culture into Sustainable Development’, International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Tribal Development, co-organized by Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), and South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 24-25 August (30 minutes).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2018b) ‘Integral Humanism and Advanced Sustainability’, 2nd International Conference on Environment, Livelihood, and Services (ICELS): Disaster from Climate Change, Problematic Water, Food Security and Society, co-organized by Chaipattana Foundation and Kasetsart University, CW Tower, Bangkok, 19-22 November.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2018a) ‘Exploring the Interface: Moral Ethics for Sustainable Development’, 9th International Buddhist Research Seminar, co-organised by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University


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(MCU), Srisaket Sangka College and Buddhist Research Institute, MCU Srisakat Campus, Thailand, 2-3 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017c) ‘Policies, Planning and Governance for Building Urban Resilience in ASEAN’, Forum on Urban Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Strategies, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines, 4-8 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017b) ‘Transformative Urban Management and Governance to achieve SDGs’, 11th International Symposium of the Society for Social Management System and the 5th Regional Conference on Natural Disasters (RCND) 2017, co-organised by Society for Social Management System (Japan) and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 20-21 September.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017a) ‘ASEAN Economic Community and Urban Metabolism for Inclusive Growth’, R and D Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the Course of ASEAN Economic Integration, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Manila, Philippines, 26-30 June.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016c) ‘Cultural Steppe Landscape, Sacred Vision and Heritage Sites: The Case of Mongolia in Harmonising the World’, 5th International Symposium of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) on ‘Sacred Sites, Cultural Landscapes, and Harmonising the World of Asia’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang, Thailand, 2-5 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016b) ‘Global Context of Sustainable Development’, International Training: Royal Initiatives on Agriculture for Sustainable Development, co-organized by The Chaipattana Foundation, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Thailand, Bangkok, 15 August.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016a) ‘Youth-led Research, Evaluation and Planning’, 2nd Asia Pacific Youth Exchange, Leadership Development Training, co-organized by Asian Development Bank and Urban Youth Academy, Manila, The Philippines, 1-3 August.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014) ‘The Evolving Practice and Understanding of Urban Resilience in Asia’, Visions Asia Resilience Forum, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, BeGood Café (Tokyo), and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto), Bangkok, 12-14 September.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012b) ‘The Importance of Funding Local Government Investment for Economic Development’, Regional Conference on Strengthening Decentralization and Local Governance in ASEAN Countries through a Multi-Stakeholder Approach, co-organized by ASEAN, United Cities and Local Governments – Asia Pacific Section, and Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast Asia, Phnom Penh, 3-4 May.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012a) ‘The Challenge of Slum Upgrading: Lessons from UN-Habitat’s Experience’, China International Urbanization Forum 2012, organized by China Center for Urban Development, National Development and Reform Commission, Shanghai, China, 25 March.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2011) ‘Towards Sustainable and Climate Resilient Cites in Asia’, 2011 International Forum of College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of Peking University on Designed Ecologies, Peking University, Beijing, 15-16 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2010) ‘Towards Inclusive Cities: Slums and their Improvement’, International Workshop on Sustainable Cities organised by Centre for Human and Economic Development Studies, School of Economics, Peking University and Veolia Environment Institute, Peking University, Beijing, 16 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2009) ‘Urbanization and the Environment’, Trade, Urbanization and the Environment Conference, organised by Veolia Environment Institute and Center for Human and Economic Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China, 29 October (on behalf of Executive Director, UN-HABITAT).

• Dahiya, Bharat (2006) ‘Cities in a Globalizing World: Issues in Local Economic Development’, Conference on Sustainable Human Development: What should it be? What can be done? organised by “la Caixa” Foundation, Barcelona, 10-11 February.

ProfessionalAdvisoryRoles:

• Member, International Advisory Board, United Nations’ World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya.

• Member, Advisory Group, Future Earth Urban Knowledge – Action Network: https://futureearth.org/networks/knowledge-action-networks/urban/


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• Member, International Advisory Board, #Educ Manila, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. • Member, International Advisory Board, South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development

(SAIARD), Kolkata, India. • Honorary Member / Advisor, Real Estate Professionals Association, Thailand. • Member, Technical Working Group, Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development (MDRD)

Program, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok (2013). • Member, Technical Oversight Committee, Disaster Risk Management Practitioner’s Handbook Series,

Asian Development Bank, Manila, and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok (2011-2013). • Member, Advisory Board, SUSTAIN - Citizens’ Alliance for Sustainable Living, Chennai (2005-2011). • Member, Urban Environment Thematic Group, Urban Development Unit, Urban Development and

Transport Department, The World Bank, Washington DC (2002-2004). • Advisor, ENVIRON – Ramakrishna Nagar Environment Society, Valasaravakkam Town, Chennai

Metropolitan Region, India (1998-2000). Peer-reviewingRoles: Membership of Journal Editorial Boards

• Member, Editorial Board, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Elsevier; ISSN: 0264-2751 (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cities/).

• Member, Editorial Board, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, Sage Journals (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eua).

• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Culture Research, Chulalongkorn University and Osaka City University (http://www.cujucr.com/jucr2/Home.html).

• Member, Editorial Board, Jindal Journal of Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, India (http://jsgp.edu.in/sites/default/files/jsgp_journal_2017_0.pdf).

• Member, International Board of Editors, National Geographical Journal of India, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India (ISSN: 0027-9374) (http://ngsi.in/ngji-editorial-board/).

• Member, Editorial Board, ICON: Journal of Archaeology and Culture. Peer Reviewer for International Journals • Land Use Policy, Elsevier; ISSN: 0264-8377 (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/land-use-policy/). • Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Elsevier; ISSN: 0264-2751

(http://www.journals.elsevier.com/cities/). • Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Group: Print ISSN: 0267-3037, Online ISSN: 1466-1810

(http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/chos20). • Environment, Development and Sustainability, Springer: Print ISSN: 1387-585X, Online ISSN: 1573-2975

(http://www.springer.com/environment/sustainable+development/journal/10668). • Environment & Urbanization ASIA, Sage Publications; Print ISSN: 0975-4253, Online ISSN 0976-3546

(http://eua.sagepub.com/). • Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia, ISSN: 0030-851X (http://www.pacificaffairs.ubc.ca). • Journal of Habitat Engineering and Design, Kyushu University, Japan; ISSN: 2186-6503

(http://www.ishedweb.org/jhed/). • Journal of Urban Culture Research, Chulalongkorn University and Osaka City University

(http://www.cujucr.com/jucr2/Home.html). Peer Reviewer for Disaster Risk Management Practitioner’s Handbook Series

Peer-reviewed the Handbook Series prepared by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok (2013), which included three volumes:


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• Integrating Disaster Risk Management into Urban Management (ISBN: 978-616-91716-1-4). • Integrating Disaster Risk Management into Climate Change Adaptation (ISBN: 978-616-91716-0-7). • Integrating Disaster Risk Management into Development Process (ISBN: 978-616-91716-2-1). Peer Reviewer for Standalone Publications (The World Bank, UNDP, UN Environment Programme)

• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme, 2012) Cities and Carbon Finance: A Feasibility Study on an Urban CDM [Clean Development Mechanism], UNEP, Paris.

• UNEP (2012) Framework Elements for Assessing Urban Environmental Performance: Working Paper, UNEP, Paris.

• UNDP (2012) One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate, Asia Pacific Human Development Report, UNDP, Bangkok and Routledge, New Delhi.

• UN-Habitat (2008) People’s Process in Post-disaster and Post-conflict Recovery and Reconstruction, UN-Habitat, Fukuoka.

• UNEP (2007) SZEO 2007: Shenzhen Environment Outlook, Peking University, Beijing & UNEP, Bangkok. • World Bank & Bertelsmann Stiftung (2004) Practical Guidebook on Strategic Planning for Municipal

Environmental Management, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gutersloh and World Bank, Washington DC. Peer Reviewer for UNDP Technical Background Paper (2012) • ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, 2012) Climate Change and Vulnerability

of People in Cities of Asia, Asia-Pacific Human Development Report Background Papers Series 2012/06, UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Bangkok.

Peer Reviewer for Social Development Notes Series (The World Bank, 2003) • Community-Driven Development and Urban Services for the Poor, Social Development Notes Series,

Washington DC, USA. ChairofSessions/PanelsatConferences,SymposiaandForums:

• 2019f. ‘Valedictory Session’, 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (ARCP), co-organized by School of Planning and Architecture – Bhopal, Tongji University – Shanghai, and Busan University – Busan, Bhopal, India, 19 December.

• 2019e. ‘Peri-Urban Governance, Inter-Agency Coordination, Citizen Participation, Policies or Programs and Their Impact’ (Track 2C), 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (ARCP), co-organized by School of Planning and Architecture – Bhopal, Tongji University – Shanghai, and Busan University – Busan, Bhopal, India, 18 December.

• 2019d. ‘Keynote Speech: “The Political ecology of climate change, uncertainty and transformation in marginal environments” by Lyla Mehta’, International Conference on Political Ecology in Asia: Plural Knowledge and Contested Development in a More-Than-Human World, Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, 11 October.

• 2019c. ‘Session on Chapter 5: The Social and Intangible Value of Cities: Ensuring No One is Left Behind,’ UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting on World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization, Geneva, Switzerland, 7-8 May.

• 2019b. ‘Valedictory Session’, at Symbols in Indian Art and Culture: A Global Perspective, International Seminar co-organized by Manav Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan, IGNOU Regional Centre, and National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, Mahamana Sabhagar, Malviya Mulya Anushilan Kendra, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 5 April.

• 2019a. ‘Academic Session’, at Symbols in Indian Art and Culture: A Global Perspective, International Seminar co-organized by Manav Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan, IGNOU Regional Centre, and National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, Mahamana Sabhagar, Malviya Mulya Anushilan Kendra, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 5 April.


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• 2018b. ‘Session 3: Food Security and Food Safety’, 2nd International Conference on Environment, Livelihood, and Services (ICELS): Disaster from Climate Change, Problematic Water, Food Security and Society, co-organized by Chaipattana Foundation and Kasetsart University, CW Tower, Bangkok, 19-22 November.

• 2018a. ‘Plenary Session III - University and Public Engagement: Transgressive Learning and Action’, Bangkok Forum 2018: Integrating Knowledge for Social Sustainability, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University and Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, 24-25 October.

• 2017c. Global Urban Policy, at Paradigm Shift: Redefining the Study of Global Public Policy – 1st Student Workshop of International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA), held at FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• 2017b. ‘Theme 3: Urban Strategies and The Role of International Institutions’ at Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization: Emerging Issues and Practices, co-organized by East-West Center (Hawai’i) and Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 7-10 May.

• 2017a. ‘Panel 6.2: Share the resources and plans by UN agencies and development partners in support of NUA for synergy’ at Second Partners Forum for Delivering the New Urban Agenda Together in Asia and the Pacific, co-organised by UN-Habitat and Government of Thailand – Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-24 January.

• 2016b. ‘Discussion on Sacred Sites UNESCO World Heritage (National and International Advisory Committee)’, 5th International Symposium of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) on ‘Sacred Sites, Cultural Landscapes, and Harmonising the World of Asia’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang, Thailand, 3 December.

• 2016a. ‘Session A: Sacred Landscape, Religious Heritage and Harmonizing the World’, 5th International Symposium of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) on ‘Sacred Sites, Cultural Landscapes, and Harmonising the World of Asia’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang, Thailand, 2 December.

• 2015. ‘Synthesis and Wrap-up’, International Forum On “Urban Green Space: Eco-socio-cultural Views”, co-organized by Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, and Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, at Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, 18 December.

• 2014. ‘Synthesis and Discussion’, The International Workshop and Seminar: Participatory Sustainable Urban Governance for Livable Cities, co-organized by Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University; Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University; Center for Landscape Research, University of Salzburg, Austria, at Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, 18 December.

OrganizationofConferences,Symposia&Workshops:

• 2020. Member, Organizing Committee, The 1st Research and Publishing Workshop, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, 22-24 January 2020.

• 2019b. Lead Organizer, First Asia Pacific Urban Symposium: Transforming Sustainable Urban Development, Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 11-13 December.

• 2019a. Member, Advisory Committee, Historic Cultural Landscapes: Succession, Sustenance and Sustainability, IFLA-CL Cultural Landscape Working Group International Symposium, organized by Seoul National University, Seoul, 18-20 November.

• 2018b. Member, Scientific Committee, 2nd International Conference on Environment, Livelihood and Services, co-organized by Chaipattana Foundation and Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 19-22 November.

• 2018a. Member, Academic Sub-Committee, Bangkok Forum 2018: Integrating Knowledge for Social Sustainability, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University and Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, Bangkok, 24-25 October.

• 2017. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for SDGs Workshop: Validating Guidelines for Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for SDG Implementation, co-organized by United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 28-29 November.

• 2016b. Member, National & International Advisory Committee, 5th International Symposium of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) on ‘Sacred Sites, Cultural Landscapes, and Harmonising the World of Asia’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang, Thailand, 2-5 December.


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• 2016a. ‘Integrating Economic, Social and Environmental in the New Urban Agenda’ – Speaker Corners Session, at the 3rd session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom3) of the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), Surabaya, Indonesia, 25-27 July.

• 2014. Visions Asia Resilience Forum, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, BeGood Café (Tokyo), and Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Kyoto), Bangkok, 12-14 Sept.

• 2013b. Selbe Subcenter Development Project: Mayor’s Meeting with Ger Area Communities, co-organized by the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, and Asian Development Bank’s Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 12 April.

• 2013a. Bayankhoshuu Subcenter Development Project: Mayor’s Meeting with Ger Area Communities, co-organized by the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar, and Asian Development Bank’s Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 11 April.

• 2012. Building Climate Resilient Cities panel at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum: Mainstreaming Adaptation in Development – Adaptation in Action, co-organized with The Rockefeller Foundation and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, 12-13 March.

• 2011b. Asia-Pacific Launch of The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report, at the 5th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum, co-organized by UN-Habitat, UNEP, UN-ESCAP and UCLG ASPAC, Bangkok, 23 June.

• 2011a. Climate Change Resilience for Sustainable Cities panel at the Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum, co-organized with UNDP, LOGOTRI (Network of Local Government and Research Training Institutes), UNEP, UNICEF, UN-ESCAP, The Rockefeller Foundation and the World Bank, Bangkok, 22 June.

• 2010. Advocacy Workshop on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report, UN Pavilion, World Expo, Shanghai, 6 October.

• 2009. Second Expert Group Meeting on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report, co-organized by UN-Habitat and UN-ESCAP, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1-3 June.

• 2008b. Habitat Seminar on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report, at the 4th World Urban Forum, co-organized by UN-Habitat and UN-ESCAP, Nanjing, 3 November.

• 2008a. First Expert Group Meeting on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report, 2nd Congress of UCLG-ASPAC on the theme of Sustainable Cities and Local Governments for a Sustainable World, co-organized by UN-Habitat and UCLG-ASPAC, Pattaya, 18 July.

• 2007b. Nepal – Slum Upgrading Strategies and Investment Programme: Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop, co-organized by UN-Habitat, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Cities Alliance, and Municipal Association of Nepal, Kathmandu, 19 July.

• 2007a. Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar, City-level Workshop co-organized by Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar and UN-Habitat, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 25 June.

• 2006. Nepal: Urban Round Table co-organized by UN-Habitat and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 September.

• 2005. Urban Poverty and Related Issues in Taiz City, organized City-level Workshop on the Preliminary Findings of a World Bank study, Taiz City, Yemen, 12 February.

• 2004b. Global Launch of Urban Environment and Infrastructure: Toward Livable Cities, co-organized by Urban Development Unit, and Urban Environment Thematic Group, the World Bank, InfoShop, Washington DC, 22 June.

• 2004a. Development and Change in South Asia panel at the Association of American Geographers Centennial Conference, co-organized with Prof. Elizabeth Chacko, Philadelphia, 14-19 March.

• 2002. Urban Environment Portfolio Review: Outcomes and Recommendations, Urban Thematic Working Group Meeting, co-organized with Anthony G. Bigio, The World Bank, Washington DC, 17 December.

PanellistatConferences,Forums,SeminarsandWorkshops:

• 2020. Book Talk – Governance for Urban Services: Access, Participation, Accountability and Transparency, Harvard University, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Virtual livestream event, 29 April. Available at: https://ash.harvard.edu/event/book-talk-governance-urban-services-access-participation-accountability-and-transparency


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• 2019e. Theoretical Innovations in Ecological Economics – Parallel Discussion I, Ecological Economics and Ecological Civilization International Forum, organized by School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, 15 Nov.

• 2019d. China and Foreign Communication Roundtable Discussion – Theory and Practice: Mutual Nourishment of Ecological Economics and Ecological Civilization, Ecological Economics and Ecological Civilization International Forum, organized by School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, 15 Nov.

• 2019c. Inaugural Session. International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (ITME-2019), organized by KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 18 October.

• 2019b. Inaugural Session. International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Tribal Development, co-organized by Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, and South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 24 August.

• 2019a. Inaugural Session. Symbols in Indian Art and Culture: A Global Perspective, International Seminar co-organized by Manav Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan, IGNOU Regional Centre, and National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, Mahamana Sabhagar, Malviya Mulya Anushilan Kendra, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 4 April.

• 2014. Urban Resilience, Special Session Event, organized by UN-HABITAT at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Bangkok, 24 June.

PresentationsatConferences,Forums,SeminarsandWorkshops:

• Dahiya, Bharat (2020b) ‘Practical Transdisciplinarity and Sustainable Urban Development: Innovative Practices of Good Governance in Asia’, International Workshop: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Good Governance, organized by Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 7-8 Feb.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2020a) ‘Research and Publishing’, 1st Research and Publishing Workshop, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University, Lampang Center, Lampang, Thailand, 22 January.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019e) ‘Transition to Sustainable Urbanization: Planning and Governance of Ger Areas in Ulaanbaatar’, 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (ARCP): Sustainable Urban-Rural Futures, co-organized by School of Planning and Architecture – Bhopal, Tongji University – Shanghai, and Busan University – Busan, held at Bhopal, India, 18 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019d) ‘Publishing Research in Books and Book Series at the International Level,’ Publishing Academic Research and Knowledge Dissemination in the Academy – Young Researcher Development Program, organized by Office of Research Affairs, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with Thailand Research Fund, and Office of the Higher Education Commission Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 3 May.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019c) ‘Musing the Message from Invisible: Bhāratīya (Indian) Symbolism and Environmental Ethics vis-à-vis Mother Earth,’ Historical Geographies of Location and Cultural Evolution in India, National Conference organized by the Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi in collaboration with the Association for Geographical Studies Seminar Hall, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, 13-14 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019b) ‘Seeing the Invisible: Mother Earth, Bharatiya Symbolism and Environmental Ethics,’ Symbols in Indian Art and Culture: A Global Perspective, International Seminar co-organized by Manav Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan, IGNOU Regional Centre, and National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museology, Mahamana Sabhagar, Malviya Mulya Anushilan Kendra, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 4-5 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2019a) ‘Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape: Cradle of Mongolian People, Identity and Nationhood,’ ACLA–IFLA CLC International Workshop: Cultural Landscapes vis-à-vis Sacred Places: Exposing National Identity, Department of Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University, Seoul, 18-19 February.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2018) ‘Urban-rural linkages, paradigm shift, and sustainability policy implementation’ – Panel Session on ‘Paradigm shift and the need for innovative policies for rural sector and appropriate urban-rural relations: Perspectives from academicians, civil society member and policy analysts, Chula-MOST School on Rural Sustainability, Chulalongkorn University & UNESCO, Bangkok, 26-28 January.


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• Dahiya, Bharat (2017d) ASEAN at 50: Recalibrating Public Policy for Sustainable Urbanization in Southeast Asia, Beyond Economics: The Stockholm Statement and Setting Global Policy Priorities – 4th Annual Conference of International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA), held at FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-26 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017c) ASEAN’s Development Model: Sustainability and Inclusivity in the Urban Context, ASEAN at 50 - ASEAN’s Development Paradigm – International conference organized by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Yangon, Myanmar, 16 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017b) Formulating Transformative Local Economic Development Strategies for Ulaanbaatar Metropolitan City Region, Science and Technology in Urban Development – International Conference organized by Ulaanbaatar City Citizens’ Representative Council, Ulaanbaatar, 4-5 May.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2017a) ‘Structured Story Telling: Reporting through Story Telling to Create Better SDG Outcomes by Youth Leaders’, Asia Pacific Youth Exchange – Thailand 2017, High Level Forum: SDGs, Youth and Thailand, UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 January.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016d) ‘Urban Civic Spaces and the Role of Youth: Transformative Pathways towards Liveable Cities’, Youth at the Heart of SDGs: A Case for Space Forum, co-organized by UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN-ESCAP, and Forum-Asia, Bangkok, 30 November – 2 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016c) ‘Green Spaces in Megacity Bangkok’, Models of Development: Global Perspectives on Policy Futures, International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA) Conference organized by Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, 13-14 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016b) ‘Structured Story Telling’, 2nd Asia Pacific Youth Exchange, Leadership Development Training, co-organized by Asian Development Bank and Urban Youth Academy, Manila, 1-3 August.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2016a) ‘Asian Cities and Public Policy’, City Involvement on the Global Scale: Leaders’ Edition Virtual Roundtable, co-organized by IBM and The Asia Society, 21/22 January.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2015c) ‘Asian Patterns, Indian Dilemmas: Urban Planning and Policy Imperatives for Sustainable Urbanization’, Managing Urban Sustainability Workshop, Department of Architecture and Planning, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 9-10 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2015b) ‘When Perspective Matters: Science-Policy-Practice of Sustainable Urbanization in Southeast Asia’, Social and Sustainability Sciences in the ASEAN Community: A Regional Research Symposium and Academic Policy Dialogue, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University, ASEAN University Network, UNESCO Asiaand Pacific Regional Bureau for Education et al, Bangkok, 19-21 August.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2015a) ‘Towards Delhi as a Smart City?’ Delhi: From Seven Cities to Smart City, organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 22-23 July.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014e) ‘Housing Security for Migrants in Asia’, Migration, Security and Development: Conference to Commemorate International Migrants Day, Asian Research Center for Migration, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 17-18 Dec.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014d) ‘Local Governance and Disaster Management in India’, Workshop on Local Governance and Disaster Response co-organized by East-West Center & International Centre for Local Democracy, Huangshan City, China, 27-29 Oct.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014c) ‘Local Democracy, Governance and Development: Some Insights from Urban Asia’, Twenty-First Century Globalization: Alternative Futures and Governance, organized by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 14-16 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014b) ‘Slum-free Asian Urban Futures?’ Asia Urban Futures Workshop, co-organized by USAID, UN-Habitat, UNDP and UN Global Pulse, Bangkok, 14-15 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2014a) ‘Empowering Local Communities for Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Evolving Urban Governance in Ulaanbaatar’, Workshop on Community Resilience and Human Security: From Complex Humanitarian Emergencies to Sustainable Peace and Development, organized by S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 10-11 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2013b) ‘Nomadic Metropolis: Urban Transitions in Ulaanbaatar and the Role of Development Assistance’, Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute, School of Built Environment, Curtin University,


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Perth, Australia, 12 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2013a) ‘Bringing People to the Centre of Building Urban Resilience’, Expert Working Group Meeting on Advancing Urban Resilience in the Face of Environmental Change, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 22-23 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012d) “From Theory to Practice: Improving Ger Areas in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’, Impact Workshop on the Redevelopment of Chinese Urban Villages, co-organized by University College of London, Cardiff University and Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 6 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012c) The Challenge of Slum Upgrading: Lessons from UN-Habitat’s Experience, China International Urbanization Forum 2012, Shanghai, China, 25 March.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012b) ‘Building Climate Resilient Cities in Asia-Pacific: Challenges, Progress and Knowledge Perspectives’, Second Asia-Pacific Adaptation Forum, organized by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-13 March.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2012a) ‘A few thoughts on Asian Cities and Disaster Risk Management’, Brainstorming Workshop on Disaster Risk Management in Asia: Lessons and Challenges, organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo, Japan, 8-9 March.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2011c) ‘Cities and Water in Asia Pacific’, Third Expert Group Meeting on Monitoring of Investment and Results in the Water Sector in Asia and the Pacific, organized by UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-23 September.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2011b) ‘Managing the Urban Environmental Frontier: Ger Area Expansion in Ulaanbaatar’, International conference on Reconciling poverty eradication and quality of the environment: what are the innovative solutions? co-organized by Veolia Environment Institute and Agence Française de Dèveloppement, Paris, France, 27-28 June.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2011a) ‘Cities and Climate Change Initiative, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory in Negombo, Sri Lanka’, Regional Seminar on Low Carbon Initiative of Cities for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change organized by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 May.

• Dahiya, Bharat and Anuradha Rajivan (2011) ‘Climate Change Resilience for Sustainable Cities’, Fifth Asia Pacific Urban Forum, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 June.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2010) ‘Key Findings of the State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report’, Advocacy Workshop on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report at the UN Pavilion, World Expo, Shanghai, China, 6 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2009) ‘Cities and Climate Change Initiative in Asia-Pacific’, Cities and Resilience Dialogue organized by the Rockefeller Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand, 28-29 September.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2008) ‘Challenges of Sustainable City Management in Asia-Pacific: UN-Habitat’s Role and Partnerships for the Future’, 2nd Congress of UCLG ASPAC on the theme of Sustainable Cities and Local Governments for a Sustainable World, Pattaya, Thailand, 15-18 July.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2007c) ‘Building Safer Cities in Asia-Pacific’, World Habitat Day Seminar on the theme A Safe City is a Just City, organized by UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan, 1 October.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2007b) ‘Sustainable Urbanisation in China: Role of UN-Habitat’s Sustainable Cities Programme’, 2nd International Conference on China’s Urban Development and Planning and the First International Association for China Planning Conference, Beijing, China, 9-11 June.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2007a) ‘Sustainable Cities Programme: Supporting and Networking Cleaner Cities in Asia-Pacific’, Training Forum on Investment Climate and City Cleanliness organized by United Cities and Local Governments – Asia Pacific Section (UCLG ASPAC), Batam, Indonesia, 15 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2004) ‘Urban Environment and Spaces of Self-help in Chennai City’, Centennial Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, USA, 14-19 March.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2001b) ‘Hard Struggle and Soft Gains: Environment, Voluntarism and Governance in Pammal, South India’, International Conference on Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-Urban Interface, Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9-10 November.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2001a) ‘Urban Environment and the Geographies of Voluntarism in Chennai City’, Royal


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Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Conference 2001, University of Plymouth, England, 2-5 January.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2000d) ‘Participatory Democracy and Urban Governance in India’, 16th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-9 September.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2000c) ‘Conflicts and Governance in Managing Urban Local Commons’, Conference on Environmental Resources: Conflict, Co-operation and Governance, Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, England, 17-18 May.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2000b) ‘Writing Environmental History of Urban Neighbourhoods in Chennai: The Role of Oral Accounts’, Annual Oral History Conference, Pleasure and Danger in the City: Urban Oral History, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham, England, 1-2 April.

• Dahiya, Bharat (2000a) ‘Democracy, Civil Society and Governance in India: Lessons from a Contemporary Urban-Environmental Perspective’, Seminar Series of the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, England, 23 February.

• Dahiya, Bharat (1997) ‘The Dilemma of Principles versus Blueprints: The Case of Chennai”, 46th National Town and Country Planners Congress, organized by Institute of Town Planners-India, Mysore, India, 29-31 December.

• Dahiya, Bharat (1995) ‘Plan Making Techniques: Issues and Prospects, The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments and Haryana Panchayati Raj Act’, 43rd Annual Town and Country Planning Seminar, organized by the Institute of Town Planners-India, Hyderabad, India, 30 January-3 February.

7.ACADEMICINVITATIONSAustralia, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom InvitedSpeaker/GuestLecturer:

• How to write effective articles that get published?, Faculty of Social Administration, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:30 hours; 9 March 2020).

• New Urban Agenda in Asia Pacific, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (1:30 hours; 10 February 2020): https://en.kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/2020/02/20200210-2/

• Presenting Research at the International Level, Environment, Development & Sustainability (EDS) International Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 28 January 2020).

• Community-led Urban-Regional Resource Management, Environment, Development and Sustainability International Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 12 December 2019).

• Urban Environmental Governance and Management Strategies for Sustainable Development: Policy Implementation and Lessons Learnt, Environment, Development and Sustainability International Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 7 December 2019).

• Policy Implementation and Practices of Development-Environment Interface: Linkage of Local, National, Regional (and Global) Levels, EDS Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 8 November 2019).

• Urbanization and the Environment, EDS Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 5 November 2019).

• Urbanization and Development, Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 9 October 2019).

• Secrets of Achieving Success, Motivational Talk, Techracy 2019: The Annual Technical Extravaganza, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India (1:00 hour; 12 November 2019).

• Exploring the Interface between Culture and Sustainable Development, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), Government of India, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Kolkata, West Bengal, India (1:00 hours; 29 August 2019).

• Sustainable Development through Gandhian Prism: Mapping Alternative Concepts and Strategies for a


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Better Tomorrow, Inaugural Lecture, Lecture Series on 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (2:00 hours; 26 August 2019).

• Is Geography a Professional Field? A Practitioner’s Perspective, Special Lecture, Department of Applied Geography, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India (2:00 hours; 26 August 2019).

• Reconstructing Sustainable Development, 4th Entrepreneurial Skill Development Programme, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India (1:30 hours; 21 August 2019).

• Deconstructing Sustainable Development, 4th Entrepreneurial Skill Development Programme, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India (1:30 hours; 21 August 2019).

• From Roots to Fruits: Expanding Professional Horizons for Greater Good, Motivational Talk, 4th Entrepreneurial Skill Development Programme, Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Assam, India (2:00 hours; 20 August 2019).

• Sustainable Development and the Need for Integrated Science, Southeast Asia & Far East Regional Meeting of the Council of International Investigators, Bangkok, Thailand (1:00 hour; 13 June 2019).

• Practical Considerations for Professional Work on Sustainable Development, Environment, Development and Sustainability (EDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 25 April 2019).

• Policy Analysis for Sustainable Development: Using Dialogical Research, Environment, Development and Sustainability (EDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 28 March 2019).

• Global Urban Policy and Sustainable Urban Development, Environment, Development and Sustainability (EDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 21 March 2019).

• Urban Environmental Governance and Management Strategies for Sustainable Development: Policy Implementation and Lessons Learnt, Environment, Development and Sustainability (EDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 12 November 2018).

• Policy Implementation and Practices of Development-Environment Interface: Linkage of Local, National, Regional (and Global) Levels, EDS Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 5 November 2018).

• Urbanization and Development, Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS) Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (3:00 hours; 16 October 2018).

• Urbanization and the Environment, EDS Program, Chulalongkorn University (3:00 hours; 16 Oct. 2018).

• Community-led Urban-Regional Resource Management, EDS Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 12 September 2018).

• Planning for Urban Climate Resilience, in ‘Managing Risk in the Face of Climate Change’, training programme organized by Wageningen University and IUCN, Bangkok (1:30 hours; 29 May 2018).

• Sustainable Urban Development in Asia-Pacific, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (1:00 hour; 6 April 2018, via Skype).

• Planning for Urban Climate Resilience, in ‘Managing Risk and Hazards in the Face of Climate Change’, training programme organized by Wageningen University, Bangkok, Thailand (1:30 hours; 27 March 2018).

• Community-led Urban-Regional Resource Management, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 24 November 2017).

• Urban Environmental Governance and Management Strategies for Sustainable Development: Policy Implementation and Lessons Learnt, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 20 November 2017).

• Urbanization and the Environment, Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 14 November 2017).

• Policy Implementation and Practices of Development-Environment Interface: Linkage of Local, National, Regional (and Global) Levels, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 13 November 2017).

• Urbanization and the Environment, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 7 November 2017).

• Global Urban Policy, at Paradigm Shift: Redefining the Study of Global Public Policy – 1st Student Workshop of International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA), held at FGV - Fundação


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Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2:30 hours, 24 October 2017).

• Learning by Doing: Climate Change and Planning for Resilience, In Special Lecture Series, Department of Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (1:00 hour, 12 April 2017).

• Policy Analysis: Concepts and Methods, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 1 March 2017).

• Asian Cities and the New Urban Agenda, United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan (1:30 hours, 15 February 2017).

• Geography is a Professional Field, Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, (1:30 hours, 9 January 2017).

• Community-led Urban-Regional Resource Management, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 23 November 2016).

• Policy Implementation and Practices of Development-Environment Interface: Linkage of Local, National, Regional (and Global) Levels, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 14 November 2016).


• Urban Environmental Governance and Management Strategies for Sustainable Development: Policy Implementation and Lessons Learnt, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 7 November 2016).

• Urbanization and the Environment, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 28 October 2016).

• Asian Cities: Unique Transformation, Unprecedented Challenges, Roundtable Discussion, Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines (2:00 hours, 5 August 2016).

• Principles and Practices of Urban Governance in Asian Cities, Urban Environmental Management Field of Study, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand, (2:00 hours, 21 March 2016).

• Cities in Asia, 2012: Demographics, economics, poverty, environment and governance, Research Seminar, Department of Real Estate, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore (1:30 hours, 18 February 2016).


• Urbanization and the Environment, Environment, Development and Sustainability Program, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (3:00 hours; 20 October 2015).

• Community-led Development in a Nomadic Metropolis: Urban Upgrading and Redevelopment in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India (1:30 hours; 15 October 2015).

• Finding Your Path and Walking It! Satyawati College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (1:00 hour; 15 October 2015).

• Asian Century, Asian Cities: Public Policy Imperatives for Sustainable Urbanization, Open Lecture Series, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India (1:30 hours; 14 October 2015).

• Asian Cities in the 21st Century, Research Seminar Series, Centre for Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (1:15 hours; 02 October 2015).

• Housing Development in Fast-Developing Asian Cities, Master Programme on Housing Management, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2:00 hours; 30 September 2015).

• 21st Century Asian Cities, at the International Workshop on Urban Development 2015, organized by BURO DAP – Development, Architecture and Planning Consultancy, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (2:00 hours; 26 March 2015).


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• Asian Cities in the 21st Century, Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India (1:30 hours; 30 April 2015).

• Integration of Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Development Programs, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand (2:00 hours; 08 September 2014).

• 21st Century Asian Cities, Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (1:15 hours; 11 April 2014).

• Nomadic Metropolis: Urban Transitions in Ulaanbaatar and the Role of Development Assistance, Seminar Series of the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute, School of Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (1:15 hours; 12 December 2013).

• Integration of Climate Change Adaptation into Urban Development Programs, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand (2:00 hours; 26 August 2013).

• Inclusive and Sustainable Cities in Asia, School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China (1:30 hours; 13 October 2011).

• Cities in the Asian Century, School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China (1:30 hours; 12 October 2011).

• Urban Governance and Climate Change Adaptation, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand (2:00 hours; 26 September 2011).

• Cities and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific, International Cooperation Studies Course, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan (1:00 hour; 07 July 2009).

• Upgrading Ger Areas in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, International Cooperation Studies Course, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan (1:00 hour; 16 June 2009).

• Current State of Cities in Asia and the Pacific, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (1:15 hours; 12 Nov. 2008).

• City Development Strategies: Toward Dynamic and Sustainable Urbanisation, International Cooperation Studies Course, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan (1:00 hour; 24 April 2007).

• Solid Waste Management in Chennai: The Gaps between Policy and Reality, Social Policy Seminar Series, Social Policy Seminar Series, London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK (1:00 hour; 24 Feb. 2000).

• Democracy, Civil Society and Governance in India: Lessons from a Contemporary Urban-Environmental Perspective”, Seminar Series of the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK (1:30 hours; 23 February 2000).

• Sustainable Cities Programme and Urban Environmental Planning and Management, School of Environment and Development, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (1:00 hour; 20 Nov. 1997).

• Rural Energy Planning, Department of Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India (1:00 hour; 15 March 1996).

8.AWARDS,HONOURSANDDISTINCTIONS • Certificate of Honor awarded by the Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21) for

contribution to sustainable urban development and planning in China, Beijing, China (2018).

• Featured on ‘Back Page’ of China Daily – Asia Weekly. The city planner. 27 November – 3 December 2017, see: https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/132/96/83/1511767345455.html

• Featured in world’s top 0.1% on the global academic website, Academia.edu – for details, see: http://cambridge.academia.edu/BharatDahiya.

• Featured in the top 5% most viewed profiles on the global professional website, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharatdahiya (2012, annual average).

• Medal of Honour awarded by the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar for policy advice and technical support provided on inclusive and sustainable urban development of Mongolia’s Capital City, Ulaanbaatar, June 2010.


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• Certificate of Honour awarded by the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Government of Mongolia for policy advice and technical support provided on inclusive and sustainable urban development in Mongolia, August 2009.

• Certificate of Merit for Commendable Voluntary Work awarded by the National Service Scheme, Government of India’s youth volunteers’ programme, based on two years of volunteering work in rural villages in Sonepat District, Haryana, June 1991.

• Best Unit at Maharishi Dayanand University awarded by the National Service Scheme, Government of India’s youth volunteers’ programme during the academic session 1989-1990 (Member of the ‘Best Unit’), July 1990.

• First Position in the Parliamentary Quiz at Maharshi Dayanand University, Quiz Contest sponsored by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, and held at Kurukshetra University, Haryana State, India, May 1990.

• Winners’ Trophy – Inter-Collegiate Geography Quiz Contest, Government College Jind, Haryana State, India, January 1989.

• Medal of Honour of the Prime Minister’s Rally for representing Central School No. 1, Delhi Cantonment in National Cadet Corps, New Delhi, India, January 1986.

9.FELLOWSHIPS,SCHOLARSHIPSANDGRANTS • Visiting Research Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University, Social Research Institute (CUSRI), Bangkok,

2014-2016.

• Visiting Fellowship, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 2013-2015.

• Visiting Research Fellowship, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 2013.

• The Leche Trust Student Grant for PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, 2001.

• Gilchrist Educational Trust Grant for PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, 2001.

• Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust Grant for PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, 2001.

• William Vaughan Lewis Fund Grant, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997 & 2000.

• Philip Lake Fund Grant, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997-1999.

• Smuts Fund Grant, Board of Graduate Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, 1997-1998.

• PhD Scholarship, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, UK, and Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, India, 1996-1999.

• Overseas Research Student Award for PhD, ‘Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals’ (CVCP, now Universities UK), University of Cambridge, UK, 1996-2000.

• Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, Government of India, 1994-1995.

• Shri Lal Chand Scholarship, School of Planning and Architecture, India, 1993-1994. • Shri Lal Chand Scholarship, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 1991-1993. • Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 1991-1993.

• Shri Lal Chand Scholarship, Maharshi Dayanand University, India, 1988-1991. 10.MEDIACOVERAGE Television/Video/DocumentaryFeatures:

• 2018b. Thailand Today 005: Bangkok Forum 2018 – Integrating Knowledge for Social Sustainability, NBT World, Thailand. Available at: https://youtu.be/F_6ATBsVvK8


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• 2018a. Bangkok Forum 2018. NBT World, Thailand. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiUsHbmfjp4&feature=youtu.be

• 2014. Bharat Dahiya - Why is field-research so important for policy-makers. School of Government and Public Policy – Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. March (.mp4 file available on request).

• 2013d. Anthropology of Policy – Low-income Housing. School of Government and Public Policy – Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. October (.mp4 file available on request).

• 2013c. Anthropology of Policy – Public Transport. School of Government and Public Policy – Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. October (.mp4 file available on request).

• 2013b. Anthropology of Policy – Waste Management. School of Government and Public Policy – Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. October (.mp4 file available on request).

• 2013a. Nanyang Technological University - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. In Conversation with Bharat Dahiya. Singapore, 23 April, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMpeo5l4ZzM

• 2010. Media Source Direct Global. Yongquan Village School: Turning schools from death traps to havens. Documentary film based on a UN-Habitat project in China in the aftermath of Wenchuan earthquake in May 2008, see: http://www.fernsehworkshop.de/Archiv/2011/Filme/yongqan.htm

• 2007. Ulaanbaatar Television. Interview on first-ever Citywide Pro-poor Ger-area Upgrading Strategy of Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia, 25 June (.dat file available on request).

RadioFeatures:

• 2017. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (German Public TV and Radio Network). Reportage on Bangkok. Prepared by Dr. Achim Schmitz-Forte. Berlin, Germany (.mp3 file available on request).

• 2007. Love FM – Fukuoka. Radio Feature on Mongolia. Fukuoka, Japan. March. Quoted/MentionedinNews,PrintMedia:

• 2019c. China Daily – Global Weekly. Growing green cities. 18 November, see: https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/64/10/110/1574061051921.html

• 2019b. China Daily – Global. Clean, green cities poised to take shape. 6 November, page 4, see: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/06/WS5dc2095da310cf3e355759db.html

• 2019a. China Daily – Global. ‘Smart city in forest’ envisioned. 30 August, page 1, see: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/global/2019-08/30/content_37506658.htm

• 2018. China Daily – Asia Weekly. Hands off (Cover page Story). 26 February, see: https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/33/140/92/1519636791388.html

• 2017k. China Daily. Urban specialist devotes his life to sustainable development. 3 December, see: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2017-12/03/content_35175429.htm

• 2017j. China Daily – Asia Weekly. The city planner (‘Back Page’ profile on Bharat Dahiya). 27 November – 3 December, see: https://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/132/96/83/1511767345455.html

• 2017i. Ilocos Sentinal. 3-day Forum on Urban Resiliency, Climate Change and Disaster –Risk Reduction Management Strategies. 15 December, see: http://www.ilocossentinel.com/photo/3-day-forum-urban-resiliency-climate-change-disaster-risk-reduction-management-strategies.html

• 2017h. China Daily. Soaking it up. 21 July, see: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/21/content_30206919.htm

• 2017g. Duy Tan University (Viet Nam). R&D Congress on sustainable urbanization in the course of ASEAN economic integration. 4 July, see: http://p2avietnam.asia/en/news/rd-congress-on-sustainable-urbanization-in-the-course-of-asean-economic-integration/

• 2017f. China Daily – Asia Weekly. Soaking it in (Cover page Story). 28 June, see: http://www.chinadailyasia.com/articles/139/232/231/1498471792974.html

• 2017e. Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Philippines. Research and Development Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the Course of ASEAN Economic Integration – Highlights. 27 June, see: http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/images/slideshow/summary_sustainable_urbanization.pdf


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• 2017d. Manila Standard. Solidarity for Growth. 13 July, see: https://issuu.com/thestandardph/docs/manila_standard_20170714_friday

• 2017c. Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Philippines. DENR-ERDB opens Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the course of ASEAN Economic Integration. July, see: http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/index.php/newsbriefs/437-denr-erdb-opens-congress-on-sustainable-urbanization-in-the-course-of-asean-economic-integration-2

• 2017b. UB Post (Mongolia). Urban development conference focuses on future goals for UB. 6 May, see: http://theubpost.mn/2017/05/06/urban-development-conference-focuses-on-future-goals-for-ub/

• 2017a. Foreground – Cities, places and people who make them (Australia). What lies beneath: The looming crisis in our groundwater systems. 1 March, see: https://www.foreground.com.au/environment/what-lies-beneath/

• 2016f. UN-Habitat. Urban Gateway. 4 October, see: https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=dc553f3f6bf2d76b07349d926&id=1e0583bc74&e=92dc171658

• 2016e. Manila Bulletin. Youth Without Borders. 9 September, see: http://2016.mb.com.ph/2016/09/09/youth-without-borders/

• 2016d. The Nation (Thailand). Asia’s cost of prosperity. 24 July, see: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Asias-cost-of-prosperity-30291234.html

• 2016c. China Daily – Asia Weekly. Cost of Prosperity (Cover page Story). 22 June, see: http://www.chinadailyasia.com/asiaweekly/2016-07/22/content_15466869.html

• 2016b. Bangkok Post. UN figure urges energy sector focus. 10 July, see: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1031985/un-figure-urges-energy-sector-focus

• 2016a. The Korean Economic Daily. “Achieving Sustainable Development Goal...is on us”. 4 July, see: https://www.academia.edu/29745603/_Achieving_Sustainable_Development_Goal...is_on_us_The_Korean_Economic_Daily

• 2015c. The Sunday Times – Sri Lanka. Asia running out of groundwater. 29 March, see: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150329/sunday-times-2/asia-running-out-of-groundwater-141715.html

• 2015b. SciDev.Net. South Asia running out of groundwater, 21 March, see: http://www.scidev.net/south-asia/environment/news/south-asia-running-out-of-groundwater.html

• 2015a. Think the Earth (Japan). Creating a resilient society - BeGood Cafe's Challenge. 15 February, see: https://www.academia.edu/10801715/Creating_a_resilient_society_Earth_Report_Think_the_Earth

• 2013b. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC, Thailand). Technical working group discussed the program on mainstreaming DRR into development, 19-20 August, see: https://www.adpc.net/igo/contents/media/media-news.asp?pid=165&topic=101,102

• 2013a. English.news.mn (Mongolia). Mayor of Ulaanbaatar met residents of Bayankhoshuu about re-development. 11 April, see: https://www.news.mn/?id=127904 ; https://www.academia.edu/10355853/Urban_Redevelopment_in_Ulaanbaatar_Mongolia_News.mn

• 2012c. Deccan Herald. TN's foray into new workable models. 3 November, see: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/289983/tns-foray-workable-models.html

• 2012b. Inter Press Service. Climate Change Threatens the Poor in Cities. 27 March, see: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/03/climate-change-threatens-the-poor-in-cities/

• 2012a. China Center for Urban Development. China International Urbanization Forum 2012 held in Shanghai. 25 March, see: https://www.academia.edu/12058894/China_International_Urbanization_Forum_城市中国网

• 2011b. Peking University – School of Economics. Successful conduct of the third and fourth lectures in the “economic development” series by Department of Development Economics, School of Economics, Peking University. 14 October, see: http://econ.pku.edu.cn/displaynews2.php?id=15007 ; https://www.academia.edu/36006564/Bharat_Dahiya_Lectures_at_Peking_University_School_of_Economics

• 2011a. Thomas Reuters Foundation. Urbanising Asia unprepared for climate change – UN. 23 June, see: http://news.trust.org//item/?map=urbanising-asia-unprepared-for-climate-change-un

• 2010. UN-Habitat. Providing new urban services in Mongolia. 22 April, see:


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https://www.academia.edu/10666845/Providing_new_urban_services_in_Mongolia_UN-HABITAT • 2007. Nishi-Nippon Newspaper. Safer Cities – Introducing Issues of Asian cities. 2 October, see:

https://www.academia.edu/30285511/Safer_Cities_Introducing_Issues_of_Asian_Cities_Nishi-Nippon_西日本新聞

• 1998c. The Hindu. Week-long ‘cleanliness campaign’ planned. 23 June, Chennai, p.3, see: https://www.academia.edu/26167971/Discussion_with_Chennai_Municipal_Corporation_by_Bharat_Dahiya_The_Hindu

• 1998b. The Hindu. Pilot study soon on hospital waste disposal. 28 May, Chennai, p.3. • 1998a. The Hindu. Pilot garbage project for Nungambakkam soon. 27 May, Chennai, p.3.

MentionedinBlogs:• Theodorou, P. (2014) “Urban Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction on the Road to the second Hyogo

Framework for Action: Insights from the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction” – see: https://climate-exchange.org/2014/08/14/urban-resilience-and-disaster-risk-reduction-on-the-road-to-the-second-hyogo-framework-for-action-insights-from-the-6th-asian-ministerial-conference-on-disaster-risk-reduction/

• Leinback, Micah (2014) Issues of Urbanization in Vietnam, Imagining the Global – see: https://ds.lclark.edu/ig/2014/09/04/issues-of-urbanization-in-vietnam/

• Kirby, Andrew (2011) The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, URBlog – see: http://www.currentresearchoncities.com/2011_06_01_archive.html

11.PROFESSIONAL&CONTINUOUSLEARNING ProfessionalLearning&Contribution(multipledisciplines): Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Urban Planning, Governance and Development § 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (ARCP): Sustainable Urban-Rural Futures, co-

organized by School of Planning and Architecture – Bhopal, Tongji University – Shanghai, and Busan University – Busan, Bhopal, India, 17-20 December 2019.

§ World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization, UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting, Mombasa, Kenya, 25-27 November 2019.

§ World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization, UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting, United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland, 7-8 May 2019.

§ Forum on Urban Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Strategies, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Government of the Philippines, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines, 4-8 December 2017.

§ R and D Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the Course of ASEAN Economic Integration, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Government of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines, 26-30 June 2017.

§ 1st Asian Regional Conference on Peri-Urbanization (ARCP): Emerging Issues and Practices, co-organized by East-West Center (Hawai’i) and Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 7-10 May 2017.

§ Science and Technology in Urban Development – International Conference organized by Ulaanbaatar City Citizens’ Representative Council, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 4-5 May 2017.

§ Workshop on Urbanization in the Context of Climate Change in Vietnam, co-organized by Urban Development Agency, Ministry of Construction and the Asian Development Bank, Hanoi, 24 March 2017.

§ 2nd Partners Forum for Delivering the New Urban Agenda together in Asia and the Pacific Region, UN-Habitat, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-24 January 2017.

§ Habitat III: Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, organized by the United Nations, Quito, Ecuador, 17 to 20 October 2016.

§ Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III, organized by the United Nations, Surabaya,


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Indonesia, 25 to 27 July 2016. § Technical Working Group Meeting on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Development, Asian

Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-20 March 2013. § Impact Workshop on the Redevelopment of Chinese Urban Villages, co-organized by University College of

London, Cardiff University and Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 6 April 2012. § China International Urbanization Forum 2012, organized by China Center for Urban Development,

Shanghai, China, 25 March 2012. § Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum: Cities of Opportunity, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 21-25 June 2011. § Second Expert Group Meeting – The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, Chiang Mai, Thailand, UN-Habitat and

ESCAP, 1-3 June 2009. § Habitat Seminar – The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, Nanjing, China, UN-Habitat and ESCAP, 3 November

2008. § Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum, organized by UN-HABITAT, Nanjing, China, 3-6 November

2008. § First Expert Group Meeting – The State of Asian Cities 2010/11, Pattaya, Thailand, UN-HABITAT and UN-

ESCAP, 14 July 2008. § Changing cities are driving our world: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 2nd World Congress,

UCLG, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 28-31 October 2007. § Safer Cities - World Habitat Day 2007 International Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, UN-Habitat, 1 October

2007. § 2nd International Conference on China’s Urban Development and Planning and the First International

Association for China Planning Conference, Beijing, China, 9-11 June 2007. § Tenth Regional Consultative Meeting on Good Urban Governance, UN-ESCAP, Mumbai, India, 3

November 2006. § Second Session of the World Urban Forum, organized by UN-HABITAT, Barcelona, Spain, 13 to 17

September 2004. § International Conference on Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-Urban

Interface, organized by Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9-10 November 2001. § Conference on Environmental Resources: Conflict, Co-operation and Governance, Development and

Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, England, 17-18 May 2000. § 46th National Town and Country Planners Congress, organized by Institute of Town Planners-India,

Mysore, India, 29-31 December 1997. § Delhi’s Water Problems & Alternatives, conference organized by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural

Heritage, India International Centre, New Delhi, India, 8 July 1995. § 43rd Annual Town and Country Planning Seminar, organized by the Institute of Town Planners-India,

Hyderabad, India, 30 January-3 February 1995. Sustainable and Resilient Development § International Conference on Future Aspects of Sustainable Technologies (FAST 2019), Central Institute of

Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 11-12 November 2019. § Ecological Economics and Ecological Civilization International Forum, School of Economics, Peking

University, Beijing, China, 15-16 November 2019. § International Conference on Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (ITME-2019), KIET

Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 18-19 October 2019. § 6th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand, 27-29 March 2019. § 5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 28-30 March 2018. § Chula-MOST School on Rural Sustainability, Chulalongkorn University & UNESCO, Bangkok, Thailand,

26-28 January 2018. § ESCAP SDG WEEK: Innovation - Integration - Inclusiveness. Implementing the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 27 November - 1 December 2017. § Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit on the Environment, UN-ESCAP and UNEP, 5-8 September 2017. § Creating a seat at the table – Workshop on engaging multiple perspectives for the 2030 Agenda, UN-

ESCAP, Bangkok, 23-25 August 2017.


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§ Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2017, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 29-31 March 2017. § Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2016, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 3-5 April 2016. § 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Department of Disaster Prevention and

Mitigation – Government of Thailand, and UN-ISDR, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-26 June 2015. § Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2003, The Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi, 6-9

February 2003. § Mainstreaming Environment in Poverty Reduction, The World Bank, Washington DC, November 2002. § Human Rights and Sustainable Development: The World Bank’s Role, The World Bank, Washington DC, 2

May 2002. Urban Policy Research and Data Analysis § Scoping Workshop of City/Urban Knowledge-Action Network (City/Urban KAN) of Future Earth, co-hosted

by Future Earth Executive Committee and the University of Tokyo – Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, Tokyo, 12-16 February 2017.

§ Second Scoping Meeting for Urban within Future Earth, co-hosted by Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) Project and Stockholm Resilient Centre, held at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, USA, 12-13 March 2015.

§ Integrating Field Experiences into Global Toolkits and Normative Products, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan, 28 September – 1 October 2010.

§ Asian and Pacific City Census Data Analysis, UN-Habitat and UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 30 November - 3 December 2009.

§ Beyond Headquarters: Planning, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation of UN-Habitat Results, UN-Habitat Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-23 January 2009.

§ Final Seminar of the PRO ACT Project on ‘Enhancing City-to-City Euro-Asian Dialogue’, organised by CITYNET, Mumbai, India, 1-3 November 2006

§ Urban Development for Poverty Reduction: Towards a Research Agenda, World Bank’s 1st Urban Research Symposium, The World Bank, Washington DC, 9-11 December 2002.

Culture and Heritage § Historical Geographies of Location and Cultural Evolution in India, National Conference organized by the

Department of Geography, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India, 13-14 April 2019.

§ Symbols in Indian Art and Culture: A Global Perspective, International Seminar, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 4-5 April 2019.

§ Cultural Landscapes vis-à-vis Sacred Places: Exposing National Identity, Department of Landscape Architecture, Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) and International Federation of Landscape Architectures (IFLA) – Cultural Landscape Committee (CLC) International Workshop: Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 18-19 February 2019.

§ 9th International Buddhist Research Seminar, co-organised by Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Srisaket Sangka College and Buddhist Research Institute, MCU Srisakat Campus, Thailand, 2-3 April 2018.

§ 5th International Symposium of Asian Cultural Landscape Association (ACLA) on ‘Sacred Sites, Cultural Landscapes, and Harmonising the World of Asia’, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, Lampang, Thailand, 2-5 December 2016.

§ Culture and Public Action, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA, June 30-July 1, 2002.

Public Policy and Development Studies § Beyond Economics: The Stockholm Statement and Setting Global Policy Priorities – 4th Annual Conference

of International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA), co-organized by IDPPA and FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-26 October 2017.

§ Models of Development: Global Perspectives on Policy Futures, International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA) Conference, co-organized by IDPPA and Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia, 13-14 October 2016.

§ Beyond the Washington Consensus: Public Policy and the Future of Development Assistance, International Development and Public Policy Alliance (IDPPA) Conference, co-organized by IDPPA and School of


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Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, India, 22-23 November 2015. § Social and Sustainability Sciences in the ASEAN Community: A Regional Research Symposium and

Academic Policy Dialogue, co-organized by Chulalongkorn University, ASEAN University Network, UNESCO Asiaand Pacific Regional Bureau for Education et al, Bangkok, 19-21 August 2015.

§ Rethinking Development Studies in Southeast Asia: State of Knowledge and Challenges, International Conference co-organized by Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, and IDRC – Canada, 7-8 March 2015.

§ Twenty-First Century Globalization: Alternative Futures and Governance, organized by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 14-16 October 2014.

Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction § Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS 2015) Conference: Social-ecological dynamics in the

Anthropocene, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 3-5 November 2015. § Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific 2015: The 1st Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation, co-

organized by ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), World Mayors Council, and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Bangkok, 11-13 February 2015.

§ Second Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum – Mainstreaming Adaptation in Development: Adaptation in Action, organized by UNEP and partners, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-13 March 2012.

§ First Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum – Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development Planning, organized by UNEP and partners, Bangkok, Thailand, 21-22 October 2010.

§ Recent Developments in Carbon Finance, The World Bank, Washington DC, March 2004. § Introduction to Carbon Finance, The World Bank, Washington DC, March 2004. § Assessing Damages and Needs after Natural Disasters, The World Bank, Washington DC, 16-17 May 2002. Gender and Youth § Asia Pacific Youth Exchange – Thailand 2017, High Level Forum: SDGs, Youth and Thailand, UN

Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 January 2017. § Youth at the Heart of SDGs: A Case for Space Forum, co-organized by UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN-

ESCAP, and Forum-Asia, Bangkok, 30 November – 2 December 2016. § 2nd Asia Pacific Youth Exchange, Leadership Development Training, co-organized by Asian Development

Bank and Urban Youth Academy, Manila, 1-3 August 2016. § Mainstreaming Gender in Human Settlements Programme in Asia-Pacific, UN-Habitat Regional Office for

Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka, Japan, 15-16 June 2009. Local Economic Development § City Strategic Planning and Local Economic Development, The World Bank, Washington DC, March 2005. § Enabling the Economic Role of Cities: Analytical Approaches and Operational Implications, The World

Bank, Washington DC, January 2005. § Investing in Communities: Community-Driven Development (CDD) and the Private Sector, 2003 World

Bank and Kenan Learning Forum, World Bank, Washington DC, May 19-20, 2003. § Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development: OECD Experience in Policy Development and

Programme Design, The World Bank, Washington DC, 30 April 2003. § Metropolitan Economic Strategy: Approaches to Local and National Economic Development in Developed

and Developing Countries, The World Bank, Washington DC, 24 April 2003. § Cluster Strategies in Less Favoured Regions, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA, 14 April 2003. ProfessionalAffiliations/Memberships(present/past)

§ Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society, Cambridge, UK. § Member, Regional Science Association International, University of Azores, Portugal. § Member, Asian Cultural Landscape Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea. § Member, International Development and Public Policy Alliance, Moscow, Russia. § Member, Regional Science Association, India, Kolkata, India. § Associate Member, Institute of Town Planners-India, New Delhi, India.


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§ Life Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, India. § Member, Association of American Geographers, Washington DC, USA. § Member, Cambridge Philosophical Society, University of Cambridge, UK. § Member, Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers, London, UK. § Member, International Association of China Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. § Member, Catalan Geographical Society (Societat Catalana de Geografia), Barcelona, Spain. § Member, International Association of Mongol Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 12.OTHER

InformationTechnologySkills:

• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint) • Advanced-level skills in statistical analysis (Excel and Minitab). • Adept in using email (Lotus Notes, Outlook) and Internet. • Familiarity and experience in working with Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Languages:

• English: Fluent in speaking, reading, writing and understanding. • Hindi: Mother tongue. • Haryanavi: Mother tongue. • Urdu: Good in speaking and understanding.

PlacesofLifeExperience:

• Thailand: 2010 to present • Australia: 2013 • Mongolia: 2012-2013 • Japan: 2006-2010 • USA: 1999; 2002-2006 • Denmark: 1998 • United Kingdom: 1996-2002 • India: birth to 1996; 1997-1999

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