Anuj Behal
Anuj Behal is an urban researcher and practitioner. He is a trained urban planner who primarily works on the issues of urban informality, feminist urbanism, housing and civil rights, and spatial inequities in particular and urban exclusivity in general. Anuj formerly served as an Urban Fellow at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements and worked with organisations such as SEWA, WIEGO, Social Design Collaborative, and Centre for Science and Environment.
Areas of expertise
Communication, research, urban development, climate change
Articles by Anuj Behal
August 30, 2024
How will Delhi’s homeless people survive future heatwaves?
Delhi’s climate policy makers can learn from their counterparts in other Indian states about centering the urban poor as they battle rising global temperatures.
May 7, 2024
The aftermath of a demolition: “Will the government give us houses?”
The residents say that the recent demolition of the jhuggis in West Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar area violates the slum rehabilitation and relocation policies.
March 26, 2024
Sleepless in the capital: Delhi’s homeless battle extreme heat
Delhi’s homeless are facing sleeplessness and health issues due to extreme heat and inadequate shelter.
July 13, 2023
A crossing conundrum: How a rail gate is disrupting lives in Delhi
In order to commute to any part of Delhi, the residents of Sawda Ghevra colony need to get past a railway crossing gate, which often takes hours to open.
May 25, 2023
The long road to recycling: Pheriwalis struggle for time
Delhi’s traditional cloth recyclers, the pheriwalis, are struggling with increased travel time and low income since they were resettled to an area away from the market.
January 31, 2023
Festival of work: Women kitemakers have no respite
Gujarat's kite festival brings with it an unending work shift with long hours and no sleep for women kitemakers in Ahmedabad.
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November 29, 2022
Feeling the heat: Climate change and Ahmedabad’s stone-pasting workers
Excessive heat and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events is directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of home-based workers.
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