Vikas Sehra

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Jawaharlal Nehru University

Cities are increasingly faced with frequent floods disrupting everyday lives. Adapting to flood risks and conserving eco-sensitive sites are central to social ecological resilience. Rapidly expanding cities are found short of mitigating the adverse environmental impacts. For enhancing flood resilience, it is important to understand the interaction...

In complete contrast to its past glory, the Musi river which traverses through Hyderabad city, is degraded by indiscriminate disposal of waste and massive encroachments. The Telangana government had announced plans in 2017 to revitalise the river through a large-scale riverfront development project. By revisiting similar initiatives taken up earlie...

The present study assesses level of mental health and quality of community life in slum of Delhi. It explores the factors which are responsible for poor mental health in slums. A sample of 40 slum dwellers from Sanjay Colony, Okhla of Delhi were taken with 20 males and 20 females, who were administered World Health Organization (WHO) Self Reporting...

Urban flooding has become recurring phenomenon in cities around the world. Present study was conducted in context of recent urban flooding in Hyderabad. The study examined influence of stress and self-efficacy on positive growth due to urban flooding. Measures of level of stress, general self-efficacy and post traumatic growth (PTG) were given to 3...

Research in many disciplines has helped further our understanding of the dynamics of social change, but its psychosocial aspects have not been equally investigated. Based on the pace, social change can be incremental or drastic. While incremental change provides space and time to adapt, drastic changes can be very stressful and more demanding. Dema...

Hyderabad is one of the fastest growing cities in India. It has been frequently facing flooding in recent years. Land use change analysis is one of the key instruments in assessing green growth and flood resilience in the cities. In the present study development of Hyderabad is analyzed for the year 1990, 2000, 2010 & 2018. Results show that green...

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Concept of “sustainability” has garnered universal system wide support. Its concern for balancing the needs of current and future generation has majorly leaned towards technical consensus. Conceptualization of sustainability stands on tripod of economy, environment and society and many scholars agree with its capacity to comprehensively engage with...