CITIES OF DELHI

India’s capital is marked by different settlement types, defined by diverse degrees of formality, legality, and tenure. As part of a larger project on urban transformation in India, Cities of Delhi seeks to carefully document the degree to which access to basic services varies across different types of settlement, and to better understand the nature of that variation.The project aims to examine how the residents of the city interact with their elected representatives, state agencies, and other agents in securing public services.

Cities of Delhi has received funding from Brown University and the Indian Council for Social Science Research.

Opinion & Commentary

Journal Articles

Policy Briefs & Reports

An Overview of the Smart Cities Mission in India

Centre for Policy Research, Paras Energy Group, Energy Research Centre

August 24, 2018

Persis Taraporevala

Ashwathy Anand, Ajai Sreevatsan

March 2, 2015

Shahana Sheikh, Subhadra Banda

Bijendra Jha, and Ben Mandelkern

The Delhi Development Authority: Accumulation without Dev...

Cities of Delhi, Centre for Policy Research

December 14, 2014

Shahana Sheikh

Ben Mandelkern

In-situ Upgradation of Delhi’s Jhuggi Jhopri Clusters

Cities of Delhi project, Centre for Policy Research

October 22, 2014

Shahana Sheikh

Bijendra Jha, Ram Pravesh Shahi, Ben Mandelkern

October 14, 2014

Shahana Sheikh

Bijendra Jha, Ram Pravesh Shahi, Ben Mandelkern

Planning the Slum: JJC Resettlement in Delhi and the Case...

Cities of Delhi, Centre for Policy Research

August 14, 2014

Shahana Sheikh, Subhadra Banda

Ben Mandelkern

Working Papers

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