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Floating Cities: Promise and Peril of Seaward Urban Expansion
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Nov 18, 2025

Floating Cities: Promise and Peril of Seaward Urban Expansion
Dhaval Desai
Temporal Compression in the Himalayas: Managing Tourism and Monsoon Hazards
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Oct 18, 2025

Temporal Compression in the Himalayas: Managing Tourism and Monsoon Hazards
Dhaval Desai | Sahil Kapoor
Air Taxis and Urban Mobility in India: Promise and Pitfalls
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Urbanisation in India | Transportation Oct 06, 2025

Air Taxis and Urban Mobility in India: Promise and Pitfalls
Dhaval Desai
The Cost of Leakage: How Water Losses Fuel Unsustainable Choices
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Water Aug 24, 2025

The Cost of Leakage: How Water Losses Fuel Unsustainable Choices
Dhaval Desai
Of Street Dogs and City Pigeons: Law, Sentiment, and Public Health
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Law and Justice Aug 22, 2025

Of Street Dogs and City Pigeons: Law, Sentiment, and Public Health
Dhaval Desai
Uber Shuttle Ban: A Setback for Mumbai Mobility
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Transportation Aug 12, 2025

Uber Shuttle Ban: A Setback for Mumbai Mobility
Dhaval Desai
Beyond Evictions: Integrating Street Vendors into Walkable Urbanism
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Urbanisation Jul 21, 2025

Beyond Evictions: Integrating Street Vendors into Walkable Urbanism
Dhaval Desai | Durga Narayan
Informality, Precarity, and Migrants: The Gaps in PLFS 2025
Expert Speak
Economic Diplomacy Jul 16, 2025

Informality, Precarity, and Migrants: The Gaps in PLFS 2025
Dhaval Desai | Durga Narayan
Human Flow, Systemic Flaws: Rethinking Safety at Mass Gatherings in India
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Development Jun 13, 2025

Human Flow, Systemic Flaws: Rethinking Safety at Mass Gatherings in India
Dhaval Desai
Women in the Marketplace: Integration, Spatial Justice, and Right to the City
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Gender | GENDER ISSUES Jun 10, 2025

Women in the Marketplace: Integration, Spatial Justice, and Right to the City
Dhaval Desai | Durga Narayan
Plastic Waste and Urban Governance: Global and Indian Lessons
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Jun 03, 2025

Plastic Waste and Urban Governance: Global and Indian Lessons
Dhaval Desai
Emancipating the third tier of Government for India’s urban ‘Amrut Kaal’
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Oct 17, 2024

Emancipating the third tier of Government for India’s urban ‘Amrut Kaal’
Dhaval Desai
Resolving Mumbai’s slum sanitation will make India ODF
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Development | Urbanisation | Sanitation Sep 26, 2023

Resolving Mumbai’s slum sanitation will make India ODF
Dhaval Desai
Resolving Mumbai's slum sanitation will make India ODF
Expert Speak
Urbanisation | Sanitation Sep 26, 2023

Resolving Mumbai's slum sanitation will make India ODF
Dhaval Desai
Lost in transit: Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA)
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Development | Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Transportation Jan 08, 2022

Lost in transit: Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA)
Dhaval Desai
What urban India must learn from Mumbai’s pandemic efforts
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Nov 29, 2021

What urban India must learn from Mumbai’s pandemic efforts
Dhaval Desai
China’s high-speed railways plunge from high profits into a debt trap
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International Affairs | Urbanisation | Transportation Jun 23, 2021

China’s high-speed railways plunge from high profits into a debt trap
Dhaval Desai
Rediscovering Mumbai as a global entrepôt
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Jan 30, 2021

Rediscovering Mumbai as a global entrepôt
Dhaval Desai
Non-motorised transport should top the global urban agenda in 2021
Expert Speak
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Transportation Dec 22, 2020

Non-motorised transport should top the global urban agenda in 2021
Dhaval Desai
Mumbai Metro 3 car shed at Aarey colony
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Transportation Sep 18, 2020

Mumbai Metro 3 car shed at Aarey colony
Dhaval Desai
Saving lives on the world’s fourth-largest railway network
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy | Transportation Sep 10, 2020

Saving lives on the world’s fourth-largest railway network
Dhaval Desai
Unlocking in the face of a rampaging pandemic
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare | Urbanisation in India Sep 07, 2020

Unlocking in the face of a rampaging pandemic
Dhaval Desai
The art of juggling officialdom to control COVID19
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Healthcare | Urbanisation in India Jul 20, 2020

The art of juggling officialdom to control COVID19
Dhaval Desai
Mumbai’s dabbawalas: Victims of COVID19’s collateral damage
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Healthcare | Urbanisation Jul 04, 2020

Mumbai’s dabbawalas: Victims of COVID19’s collateral damage
Dhaval Desai
Bracing up for ‘herd immunity’ against COVID19
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare Jun 19, 2020

Bracing up for ‘herd immunity’ against COVID19
Dhaval Desai
Mumbai braces for the worst as monsoon comes knocking
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Healthcare | Urbanisation | Sanitation May 28, 2020

Mumbai braces for the worst as monsoon comes knocking
Dhaval Desai
Poor sanitation in Mumbai’s slums is compounding the Covid19 threat
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Urbanisation May 16, 2020

Poor sanitation in Mumbai’s slums is compounding the Covid19 threat
Dhaval Desai
Disease and urban densities
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Healthcare | Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Apr 19, 2020

Disease and urban densities
Dhaval Desai
Containing coronavirus
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Healthcare | Developing and Emerging Economies Mar 25, 2020

Containing coronavirus
Dhaval Desai
Swachh Bharat – A failed Mission for Manual Scavengers
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Domestic Politics and Governance Jan 22, 2020

Swachh Bharat – A failed Mission for Manual Scavengers
Dhaval Desai
Citizenship (Amendment) Act set to be Maha alliance’s trial by fire
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Law and Justice Dec 17, 2019

Citizenship (Amendment) Act set to be Maha alliance’s trial by fire
Dhaval Desai
Quality of water in India’s state capitals
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Water Dec 03, 2019

Quality of water in India’s state capitals
Dhaval Desai
Net metering versus net billing
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy Nov 18, 2019

Net metering versus net billing
Dhaval Desai
BEST’s road to financial recovery may face potholes of populism
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Domestic Politics and Governance | Urbanisation in India Sep 23, 2019

BEST’s road to financial recovery may face potholes of populism
Dhaval Desai
India’s urban reality
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Development | Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Sep 09, 2019

India’s urban reality
Dhaval Desai
Thriving toilet economy of India’s financial capital
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation | Sanitation Oct 29, 2018

Thriving toilet economy of India’s financial capital
Dhaval Desai
Sanitation problems in Mumbai at catastrophic proportions
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Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Jul 23, 2018

Sanitation problems in Mumbai at catastrophic proportions
Dhaval Desai
The Good Friday
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Great Power Dynamics Apr 30, 2018

The Good Friday
Dhaval Desai