Writings
Participation in the Achievement of a Sustainable Ecology
The case of Irla Nullah Re-invigoration Movement in Mumbai, ‘The Nature of Cities’, October 15th, 2018
How Ecology could play a bigger role in planning
An urban planner and an urban ecologist walk into a bar. They chat about (and maybe whether) ‘ecology’ could play a bigger role in planning… – 30 April 2018
Recognition Deficit and the Struggle for Unifying City Fragments
Knowledge towards Sustainable Cities EBook, Published by Cambridge University Press, April 2018
A Run for Social Housing - Land Equity, Inclusive Planning and Urbanization of Cities
World Urban Forum (WUF9)- Kuala Lumpur, 8th Feb 2018
Know Ecosystem services?
“The Nature of Cities”
To create a Movement to Repair & Unify our fragmented Disfunctional Urban landscapes
“The Nature of Cities”, October 04, 2017
Jane Jacobs Medal - 2016 Acceptance Speech in Quito
A Provocation piece
Recognition Deficit and Struggle for Unifying City Fragments – ‘The Nature of Cities’, 30th May, 2016
Turning Backyards into Proud Forecourts, Urban Blueprint Mumbai, Jan-March 2016
PK Das tell us why it’s important for citizens to speak out and save the open spaces and water bodies in their city
Plan to Place People First
Interview by Shyam Khandekar on his hope to reclaim the city for it inhabitants – An Article in “My Liveable City” Jan – March 2016
Claiming Participation in Urban Planning and Design as a Right
Just Cities Essay- E-Book Published by Rockefeller Foundation – The Nature of Cities, 19th October 2015
Let's Commit Land for Affordable Housing, Habitat III
‘The Nature of Cities’ , 12th August 2015
Let Streams of Linear Open Spaces Flow Across Urban Landscapes
“The Nature of Cities”, 12th August 2015
What are the social justice implication of urban ecology and how we can make sure that "green cities" are not synonymous with "gentrified" or "exclusive" cities?
The Nature of Cities, 4th Feb 2015
Integrating the waterfronts
“The Nature of Cities”, January 06, 2015
The "Equal Streets" Movement in Mumbai
“The Nature of Cities”, 26th August 2014
Ecology Rights & City Development Plans: The Case of Mumbai
“The Nature of Cities”, 12th March 2014
Open Mumbai: Re-envisioning the city & its open spaces
“The Nature of Cities”, 18th August 2013
Canal plus
A plan to build a walking track along the Irla nala could be the first small step in a massive juhu makeover, June 2009
Suggestions and Objections to the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulations Repeal Bill 1998
Submission to the Parliamentary Committee by NHSS, December 1998
Housing Policy for the Urban Poor:
Our Demands
Letter to Mrs. Sonia Gandhi: Promoting Future Slums
Handover of 6,000 tenements built by MMRDA at Mankhurd, Mumbai