• CHARACTERIZATION OF URBAN CANOPY PARAMETERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPATIALLY VARIABLE URBAN CLIMATE INDICATORS 

  Gupta, Kshama (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-06)

  Urban areas occupy 3% of ice free land area but are cumulatively responsible for emission of 75% of Green House Gases (GHGs), therefore contribute significantly in global warming. Developing regions are expected to house ...
• DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT STRATEGIES FOR A LOW CARBON URBAN ENVIRONMENT 

  Singh, Pooja (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-07)

  Unchecked growth of urban population has put forth tremendous demand for infrastructure and resulting in mismatch between demand and supply of transport infrastructure leading to delays, fuel loss, air and noise pollution ...
• CRITICAL REGIONALISM IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE 

  Bagha, Sanyam (IIT ROORKEE, 2019-10)

  The universal ideas and principles of modernist architecture have often been employed uncritically without consideration of regional peculiarities, leading to culturally and climatically inappropriate architecture which ...
• ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN JAIPUR CITY, INDIA 

  Kumar, Nand (IIT ROORKEE, 2016-03)

  Energy is ability to do work or to bring about changes. Energy exist in many forms, such as heat, light, chemical and electrical energy. Cities are the engines of economic growth. However, energy is the basic input ...
• CHILDREN’S INDEPENDENT MOBILITY IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS OF INDIA: A CASE OF KOLKATA 

  Tyagi, Megha (IIT Roorkee, 2021-07)

  Children’s independent mobility (CIM) has a direct impact on improving a child’s cognitive skills, environmental resilience and connection with his/her neighbourhood. It also offers opportunities for an increased physical ...
• VISUAL AND THERMAL COMFORT EVALUATION OF SCHOOL CLASSROOMS FOR FENESTRATION DESIGN 

  Kumar, Gireendra (2018-06)

  The schools are first place where children begin their formal education and develop their skills through learning in classrooms. The overall environment of classrooms affects comfort level of children, which further has ...
• OPTIMIZATION OF ORIENTATION AND CANYON ASPECT RATIO FOR A CITY IN WARM HUMID CLIMATE 

  De, Bhaskar (IIT Roorkee, 2017-12)

  The developing world is going through the process of rapid urbanization. The Urban population of developing countries has surpassed the urban population of developed nations. Being a developing nation, the economic growth ...
• CLIMATOGRAPHY MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT 

  Subarao, Pawar Aniruddha (IIT Roorkee, 2017-06)

  Climatological information is crucial to the development of any Model for Sustainable Urban Built Environment. Traditionally the diverse geo-climatic environments prevailing in India have given rise to diverse vernacular ...
• MODELLING URBAN PHYSICS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 

  Panwar, Manoj (2019)

  Urban settlements are the hub of population, economy, employment opportunities and knowledge, and these settlements offer benefits ranging from scale of economies, social integration, efficient land utilization and access ...
• STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SPACES IN INDIAN CITIES – A MANAGEMENT DIMENSION 

  Praliya, Seema (2018)

  A common picture is prevalent in the cities regarding the scenario of existing condition of public spaces/ parks where major issue is lacking quality, which is perceived to be a result of inappropriate management approach. ...
• INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES’ PERCEPTION OF ASSOCIATION WITH A PLACE, CULTURAL CAPITAL AND ENABLING ENVIRONMENT IN AN URBAN CONTEXT 

  Lakra, Harshit Sosan (2018)

  Indigenous communities feel alienated in their cities even though cultural interventions are constantly made for them. The present research explores the reasons behind it and aims to capture the Indigenous communities’ ...
• CLIMATOGRAPHY MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT 

  Subarao, Pawar Aniruddha (2017)

  The climatic classification map hitherto referred for prescribing responsive building design strategies is based on obsolete size of data as well as inappropriate criteria of analysis. It also fails to represent the diverse ...
• AREA SPECIFIC BUILDING REGULATIONS FOR HILL TOWNS 

  Kumar, Ashwani (2013)

  This study aim to formulate new contextually appropriate area specific building regulations for hill towns, which are environmentally sensitive and seismically vulnerable, have peculiar intrinsic characterstics, facing ...
• SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CAMPUSES 

  Bantanur, Shaila (2014)

  Campus Sustainability is a unique opportunity of transforming educational campuses of higher learning, particularly the residential ones, into living laboratories for the demonstration of Environmental Sustainability. ...
• ENERGY EFFICIENT AND THERMALLY COMFORTABLE APARTMENTS IN INDIAN COMPOSITE CLIMATE 

  Singh, Shailza (2014)

  India ranks fifth in primary energy consumption and accounts for about 3.5% of the world’s commercial energy demand (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008). About 75% of this total energy-use (direct ...
• AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE WEAKER SECTION IN NAGPUR CITY 

  Bakde, Vilas Keshav (2014)

  Apart from food and clothes, housing is the basic necessity of humans, which not only protects him from the surrounding adverse conditions, but also gives a sense of well being and courage to develop further. The issues ...
• Multi Hazard Urban Risk Assessment 

  Bansal, Neha (2015)

  Urban areas are generally characterized by rapid urbanization, urban poverty, haphazard development, inefficient landuse practices, poor governance and deteriorating physical living environment As a result urban people ...
• EVALUATION OF URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS UNDER JNNURM FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA 

  Khwairakpam, Doreshor (2015)

  India is a developing nation. However, urban infrastructure facilities are still poor across the country. Government of India has taken initiative and introduced many scheme/program through Five Year Plans (FYP) since first ...
• PLANNING AND DESIGN OF MULTI MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR DELHI 

  Kumar, Pawan (2011)

  Transport has significant role to play in accelerating urban mobility .Urban mobility has different dimensions i.e. mobility for work, education, recreation and other needs; mobility by public, private and personalized ...
• WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN AREA 

  Brar, Tejwant Singh (2010)

  Sustainable Urban Development refers to community and societal development that "meets the needs of the present without undermining the environment or social systems on which we depend". Sustainable development has become ...

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