School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

About: School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi is a education organization based out in New Delhi, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Smart city. The organization has 278 authors who have published 347 publications receiving 1665 citations.

Spatial Mapping of ‘People–Place Ties’ as an Integral Part of Heritage Management Process:

Abstract: Cultural manifestations of communities imbue deep-rooted meanings to places and establish intricate webs of relationships between people and places. These relationships cohesively add to the unique...

Design Competition as a Pedagogical Tool to Teach Concepts of Universal Design in India

Abstract: Universal Design Education has become a worldwide movement but demonstrated limited acceptance amongst architecture, planning and design schools in India. There are no specialized courses on univer...

Impact of circular construction on demolition waste management in the indian construction industry

Abstract: In recent times due to the Indian economic growth, there is a surge in construction activities. This surge has led to an excess amount of demolition waste that is produced. According to the Building Material Promotion Council, India generates an estimated 150 million tons of C and D waste every year. Some existing initiatives and the significant stakeholders' involvement have created the demolition waste management systems essential in the building’s demolition phase. The research in the C and D and Awareness program for C and D waste that initiated has led to the implementation of some waste management systems in the building's demolition phase. In India, the amount of demolition waste produced is higher than the construction waste produced while constructing buildings. So, it is essential for the demolition waste mitigation plan in the building's demolition phase. The study aims to know circular construction and current demolition waste management performance in the Indian construction industry. Through literature review, demolition waste management systems that are carried out all around the world are collected. The current practices carried out by different stakeholders practicing in India are known through a questionnaire survey. Data interpretation is made using the data collected in the literature review and the questionnaire survey. This research identified the significant benefits, barriers, and motivation factors to implement the waste management system, and proposing any necessary changes. Designer innovation and BIM deconstruction is considered as one of the barrier-breaking innovation in adopting the circular construction.

Developing Strategies for Mitigating Pluvial Flooding in Gurugram

Abstract: The natural factors for flood are mainly topographic characteristics of the land and meteorological properties of the region. The flooding of Gurugram in year 2016 was unexpected and not triggered by the above factors. Type of flooding occurred there is known as pluvial flooding. It happens, when the capacity of local drainage system gets saturated and the system can no more cater to any further surface runoff. The study aims to develop strategies for implementing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for mitigating pluvial flooding in Gurugram. For the analysis of potentially vulnerable areas for pluvial flooding, Geographical Information System (GIS) integrated with Multi-parametric Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) were employed. At the end of the study, combination of conventional drainage system and SuDS were applied at the critical areas through source control, site control, and regional control measures for mitigating urban flooding in general and pluvial flooding in particular in the case of Gurugram.