Sujayita Bhattacharjee

D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce | RUPAREL · Department of Geography

The COVID-19 pandemic reaffirmed the long-held concept that urban residents, especially in the developing economies, are the worst sufferers of global pandemics. The unprecedented population explosion along with untamed urbanization in contemporary times has aggravated the physical and mental health of urbanites, reigniting the debates on pandemic-...

The nature of social relations has been changing drastically in recent times. It is more so in the urban areas where lifestyles are getting more and more secluded day by day. However, social connectedness is essential for social and individual well-being. Therefore, the present study explores the level of social connectedness in the gated residenti...

Polycentric urban growth has become a common feature of most urban spaces in post-Fordist times. Cities that were originally monocentric have adopted polycentric patterns of urban growth, which have been largely fuelled by economic decentralisation and globalisation of centres of production and consumption, with far looser connections to the centra...

Homelessness comes with a slew of challenges and a never-ending struggle for survival. This study examines the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on the homeless population of urban India. The study reflects on the experiences of the homeless in the major cities of India during the first wave of the pandemic as well as explores the aspect of their...

Delving into the nexus of the pandemic, gender, and livelihoods, this study uses semi-structured interviews and other secondary data from journals, news reports, and books to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown on 38 domestic workers in Titwala, an extended suburb of Mumbai (India), which has recently emerged as a preferred...

The study endeavours to explore the degradation of the urban environment in Mulund, a suburb of Mumbai, in the context of the existing gap between residents’ expectations and policy implementation. The results of the study indicate the presence of several urban environmental problems in Mulund. A vast majority of the residents are of the view that...

The urban poor in the developing world are confronted with several struggles on a day to day basis. Sanitation is one of them. The issue of sanitation has become a global political agenda since its inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015. Although sanitation has become a burning issue in today’s time, it is still a luxury that...

Across the world, incidences of conflicts between human beings and wildlife have been reported to have escalated significantly in recent times. The exponential growth of the human population and their consequently growing needs have resulted in mounting up of pressure on our natural resource base causing such scenarios of conflict. Instances of hum...

The present study analyses the case of urban sustainability in Mumbai in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to identify the relationship between the existing sustainability issues and the spread of the pandemic across the administrative wards of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. It also tries to delve into the reasons behind t...

Purpose The lives of the poor in the urban spaces of India are filled with hardships. They live amidst poverty and struggle to survive within other problems such as insecure jobs, lack of proper housing, unsanitary conditions and low levels of health immunity. This vulnerable section of the population has been rendered furthermore vulnerable by the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed public life world-wide. The need for maintaining physical/social distance has led to a change in the order and nature of human activities across public spaces. As a result, the usual rhythm of activities in public spaces has come to be disrupted. Taking this into consideration, the study delves into the disrupted...

The process of gentrification in recent times has ventured beyond the inner city into territories that are not accounted for in the conventional wisdom associated with the phenomenon. Such has been the case of gentrification in Mulund, a suburb of Mumbai in India, where the occurrence of gentrification challenges the traditional understanding of th...

This study examines the viability of working from home as an alternative to daily commuting for the working women of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in India. Work from home has become a common practice in India following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the mentioned area of India people are known to commute for long distances daily to...

Suburban Mumbai is getting more and more populated day by day. However, this growth is not uniform throughout. Therefore, it becomes necessary to comprehend the changing characteristics of individual suburbs for understanding the demographic dynamics of the region in-depth. With this understanding, the present paper assesses the evolving characteri...

Cities in India are surfacing as hubs of spatial inequality. The presence of disparities in Indian cities has been turning all efforts of urban development into a herculean task. Though various developmental strategies have been directed towards tackling this issue in India, spatial disparities have continued to grow in the country posing serious c...

Globalization is a transforming force that brings change in the economic, cultural, as well as social front. It is a spatial process that has blurred the distinctions between regions and brought the whole world under one umbrella. It has not just transformed the functioning of the world economy but also has brought about changes in various other as...

In India, the exponential growth of population and the consequently growing number of residences have aggravated the problem of household waste. Like many other towns of India, Mariani, a small town located in the Jorhat district of Assam also faces serious problems in terms of household waste disposal. The households of Mariani generate and discha...

Human activities are neither limited nor localised. With the passage of time and growth of population the intervening actions of the human beings have assumed a severe dimension resulting into a tremendous degradation of the natural environment. River basins, supporting high population densities are suffering from severe environmental threat due to...

Cityscapes are witnessing a tremendous transformation in contemporary times. So is the case with Mumbai, an Indian city where many of its neighborhoods have been undergoing a spatial transformation. One such neighborhood is Lower Parel, which in the past used to be a cotton manufacturing hub where many of Mumbai's (then Bombay) cotton mills ourishe...

Man-elephant conflict is a crucial problem concerning the northeastern part of India. It has assumed a severe character due to increasing human population, diminishing forests and consequent habitat loss of the elephants. Likewise is the case in Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife of Assam. This wildlife sanctuary is a home to the endangered Asian elephan...

The level of development of a region depends not simply on its diversified natural resource structure, but to a greater extent on the quality of its human resource base. Efficient inventory of resources and their subsequent utilization and management are entirely centered around the existing stock of quality human resource. Only the qualitatively s...