Sujaya Rathi

An article on Electronic Waste Management in India published in the Annual Technical Volume, Environmental Engineering Division Board (Session 2015-2016)

Problem highlights:
Lack of clarity on smart city concept in the Indian context
Increasing intra and inter-regional disparity despite increasing urbanisation
Urban development strategies not effectively integrated with overall national/ state development agenda
Proposed solutions:
Constitute smart city working group at state and city level including all stakeholder representatives
Select pilot cities to achieve spatial inclusiveness and create exemplars for best practices

An approach towards an intelligent transportation system

Ch 5: India in 'Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies' (The Urban Book Series).

The process of infrastructure project determination is often inadequate leading to outcomes that do not address the intended purpose and/or have unintended consequences. As the world and India commit towards charting a more sustainable development path, there is a need to take a ‘ relook’ at the outcomes of a project from a ‘sustainability’ perspective. This paper presents a framework which elaborates on key sustainable development principles in the context of urban development.

The purpose of the compendium is to provide information on sanitation technologies from across the sanitation value chain The compendium details the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the different technology options, and also describes the different types of systems formed as a combination of the technologies, addressing all stages of the value chain These technologies have been included in the Technology Decision support Tool for Sanitation (SANITECH), developed by the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) The document was compiled based on literature re

With increasing trends in road congestion, air pollution, energy demand and emissions, there is a need to look for effective solutions to meet the urban transport demand in Bangalore Investment in public transport is imperative Buses are the cheapest, relatively energy and emission efficient form of public transport systems which can be proposed to provide service to the core and peripheral areas in a shorter time span Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) with good network coverage in Bangalore Urban district and as well as some areas in Bangalore Rural district needs to be s

Urbanisation in India today is synonymous with booming unplanned and unsustainable mega cities .To mitigate the impact of this urban explosion and plan for the future, it is imperative to balance the demands of high growth on one hand and ensure sustainable growth on the other.

Sustainable urbanization using high speed rail (HSR) in Karnataka, India.

Creating Sustainable Urban Systems: Need for Redesigning Indicators for Urban Infrastructure and Services