Neha Sami

Neha works on the political economy of land and governance in urban India. She is also interested in issues of brownfield redevelopment and planning for climate change. Neha has worked with the Boston Redevelopment Authority as an analyst with the Economic Development Division. She has also worked as a consultant with the Environment and Sustainable Development Division of the UN-ESCAP (Bangkok).

How Urban is India?
This project seeks to develop a dataset on the extent and location of de facto urbanisation – settlements with characteristics commonly thought of as urban – in India.

Urban Corridors: Strategies for economic and urban development
The aim of this project is to investigate the impact of India’s corridor model as a strategy for urbanisation and urban development through the lens of land and economic development. Research questions include: Is India’s corridor development policy a strategy for urbanisation (inter alia), or is urbanisation a by-product?
