Papers/Publications by Dr Jayaraj Sundaresan
ISBN: 9789387315358 , 2013
Introduction:
A central challenge within the IIHS mission is creating a dynamic, interdisciplina... more Introduction:
A central challenge within the IIHS mission is creating a dynamic, interdisciplinary, South Asia-centric and globally relevant curriculum that spans the two dozen-odd disciplines and practice areas that define urban transformations. The IIHS Curriculum Development Process—stretching over two years from 2009 to 2011—is aimed at taking on precisely this challenge.
Progress in Planning, 2019
This paper examines the relationship between urban planning practice and planning violations in B... more This paper examines the relationship between urban planning practice and planning violations in Bangalore. Through ethnography of the practice of planning networks, It demonstrates that the domain of urban planning in Bangalore is shaped by the ethos and practices of mutually contesting Public and Private interest associational networks working to achieve Public and Private interest outcomes respectively. This is demonstrated using ho w private interest networks shape planning through plan violations and planning for violations as well as how public interest networks shape planning through multiple political, legal and administrative interventions, both of which together prevents the formation of any ideal typical planning system for a Comprehensive Master Planning Regime. Rather than a deviation, violations are identified as the outcome of the particular kind of planning practice embedded within the political culture of democratic governance in India. Ethnographies of Indian state constantly points to the blurred boundaries between the categories of state and society in India. Findings from this research conform to this; actors from both inside and outside government rather than act to achieve the cause of their positions act in the interest of the networks within which they are associated with – public or private interest. Therefore, combining lessons from political systems and policy networks studies of the state and governance with ethnographies of the everyday state in India I propose a conceptual language of Vernacular Governance to trace the constantly changing shape of planning practice in Bangalore through its relationship with planning violations. This paper attempts to raise questions on theorizing planning practices as embedded within the political culture of particular contexts, rather than taking for granted dualist conceptualizations of state and society producing on the one hand theorizations of planning failures and on the other, informality, implementation failure and corruption.
The Illicit in the Governance and Development of Cities and Regions: Corrupt Places, Edited by Tim Hall and Francesco Chiodelli, Routledge., 2017
In this chapter I propose that the diverse ways in which the public and the private are constitut... more In this chapter I propose that the diverse ways in which the public and the private are constituted in different parts of the world pose significant challenges to the conventional analysis of corruption based on exclusive analysis of the public official domain. Any analysis and understanding of corruption is incomplete if not understood in relation to violation of and deviation from the official and public norms. To discuss this, I draw from ethnography of urban planning and land use violations in the Indian city of Bangalore.
Editorial for the First issue of Urbanization - Coauthored with the Editorial collective.
in Bell, S., Allen, A., Hofmann, P. and Teh, T-H (Eds.) Urban Water Trajectories, Springer Future City Series, 2016
By examining the transforming geography of water systems through its interactions with everyday l... more By examining the transforming geography of water systems through its interactions with everyday life and the governance in Madurai and Bangalore in South India, we argue that making sense of the risks and vulnerabilities associated with the blue infrastructure in these cities needs to be understood as the consequence of transforming political relations of governance rather than from the notion of an indifferent and incapacitated state or the disappearance of traditional community management institutions. It is our contention that governing complex ecological assets demands an equally complex relationship between a wide range of social actors in diverse locations of power and capacity embedded within emerging political relations and realities.
in Yasminah Beebeejuan, [ed], The Participant City, Jovis., 2016
Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2015
The study covers national laws and policies directly related to climate change mitigation and ada... more The study covers national laws and policies directly related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, passed before 1st January 2015.It covers 32+EU developed and 66 developing countries; 31+EU Annex-I and 67 non-Annex-I countries.
Taken together, the study countries produce 93 per cent of world emissions, including 46 of the world’s top 50 emitters. They are home to 90 per cent of the world’s forests.
Progress in Planning, 2015
We identify three discourses of density that local planners are at the interface of.We look at th... more We identify three discourses of density that local planners are at the interface of.We look at this complexity through London case studies.Local planners over-rely on the easily quantified e.g. the London Density Matrix.However, they also demonstrate reflexive qualities in assessing outcomes.Local planners have a powerful stock of experience that is poorly captured.Achieving higher density development has become, as part of sustainable development, a core principle of the contemporary planning professional. The appeal of density is its simplicity, it is an independent measurable element to which various separate claims can be and are attached; it achieves greater public transport use, makes it possible to live nearer to work, supports mixed uses providing a more lively street-scene and so on. As the academic literature has shown the reality is much more complex as achieving a positive outcome through adjustments to density may lead to negative outcomes elsewhere; it can allow more people to live near public transport nodes but can be detrimental in terms of housing affordability for example. Given this tension between the simplicity of the claims and the complexity of application we are interested in how planners seek to balance the multiple advantages and disadvantages of density; to what extent do they approach density as a simple variable or as a complex act of balancing. We address this question by looking at four higher density developments in London.
PhD Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2014
PhD Thesis
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/979/
Action research report, 2014
London Borough of Lewisham, London, 2013
Writing cities; MIT, LSE, Harvard University collaborative workshop, 2011
Economic and Political Weekly, 2011
The transformation of human settlements over time can
affect the relationship between communitie... more The transformation of human settlements over time can
affect the relationship between communities and
commons when, for example, social geographies
change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems
of management to modern bureaucratic systems.
Communities that were dependent on particular
commons could become less dependent, or abandon
those commons. New communities of interest might
emerge. Examining the transformation of a lake in
Bangalore, this paper argues that in the community
struggle towards creating and claiming commons,
claiming the sphere of planning is fundamental. Further,
the making or unmaking of the commons involves the
making or unmaking of communities and vice versa. In
the case of the Rajapalaya Lake studied here, this
occurred and occurs at the interface where democratic
struggles and bureaucratic systems meet.
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Papers/Publications by Dr Jayaraj Sundaresan
A central challenge within the IIHS mission is creating a dynamic, interdisciplinary, South Asia-centric and globally relevant curriculum that spans the two dozen-odd disciplines and practice areas that define urban transformations. The IIHS Curriculum Development Process—stretching over two years from 2009 to 2011—is aimed at taking on precisely this challenge.
Taken together, the study countries produce 93 per cent of world emissions, including 46 of the world’s top 50 emitters. They are home to 90 per cent of the world’s forests.
affect the relationship between communities and
commons when, for example, social geographies
change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems
of management to modern bureaucratic systems.
Communities that were dependent on particular
commons could become less dependent, or abandon
those commons. New communities of interest might
emerge. Examining the transformation of a lake in
Bangalore, this paper argues that in the community
struggle towards creating and claiming commons,
claiming the sphere of planning is fundamental. Further,
the making or unmaking of the commons involves the
making or unmaking of communities and vice versa. In
the case of the Rajapalaya Lake studied here, this
occurred and occurs at the interface where democratic
struggles and bureaucratic systems meet.
A central challenge within the IIHS mission is creating a dynamic, interdisciplinary, South Asia-centric and globally relevant curriculum that spans the two dozen-odd disciplines and practice areas that define urban transformations. The IIHS Curriculum Development Process—stretching over two years from 2009 to 2011—is aimed at taking on precisely this challenge.
Taken together, the study countries produce 93 per cent of world emissions, including 46 of the world’s top 50 emitters. They are home to 90 per cent of the world’s forests.
affect the relationship between communities and
commons when, for example, social geographies
change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems
of management to modern bureaucratic systems.
Communities that were dependent on particular
commons could become less dependent, or abandon
those commons. New communities of interest might
emerge. Examining the transformation of a lake in
Bangalore, this paper argues that in the community
struggle towards creating and claiming commons,
claiming the sphere of planning is fundamental. Further,
the making or unmaking of the commons involves the
making or unmaking of communities and vice versa. In
the case of the Rajapalaya Lake studied here, this
occurred and occurs at the interface where democratic
struggles and bureaucratic systems meet.