Papers by Subhasish Borah
ICID 2018 Technical Committee, 2018
Cities are expanding and facing serious and constant pressure of urban development, eventually le... more Cities are expanding and facing serious and constant pressure of urban development, eventually leading to either positive or negative urban transformations. One of the most incredible potentials of urban design and planning practices is to radically change cities to provide a better built-environment, hence achieving sustainable and smart urban transformations. This paper proposes the study of transformative potential and interrelationships of city design and building processes and their spatial products. Hence, the paper will focus on developing a methodology to speculate new ways of intervention for visualizing urban forms with intends to develop an understanding of multiple shifts in urban scale. The expected outcome of the paper will show how urban form can be thought with a holistic urban lens to transform the city fabric aiming towards a sustainable urban growth. As a speculative process, generative techniques will be used as urban exploratory tools to intervene on urban form.
Key words: Urban-form, Urban Transformation, Generative Techniques and Speculation.
Since dawn the age’s streets have played a significant role in connecting people, cities, spaces ... more Since dawn the age’s streets have played a significant role in connecting people, cities, spaces and goods and
hence facilitating trade and commerce, social interaction and expressively mobility. Apart from providing
mobility, the streets acts as a place where people walk, talk, meet family and friends, eat, seat, shop, etc. and
hence it is fanatical to everyday human life. However due to high vehicular growth the streets spaces have
almost been capitulated to the private vehicles for so long that street are now barely considered as spaces.
The study will primarily focus on re-imaging the streets as public spaces emphasising on the implications of
dimensions of urban design and human behaviour.
The study has been done in two phases. The first phase covers the dimensions of urban design including
perception towards human behaviour. And the second phase covers the relation of streets as public spaces
with the morphological and perceptual dimensions of urban design and human behaviour. Also, this study
has tried to understand the thrilling human perception towards different placemaking attributes and the
built-environment and how they influence the street character. The anticipated outcome of the study will
show how the attributes of built-environment and urban design helps in transforming the streets into a
network of public space. The study will finally conclude by pointing out the key issues and the areas where
auxiliary research can encourage a better understanding towards the subject and addressing the objectives
of sustainability.
Keywords: Streets, Public Spaces, Urban Design, Human Behaviour,
“India is meant to be industrializing but manufacturing contributes only 15% of GDP and 11% of jo... more “India is meant to be industrializing but manufacturing contributes only 15% of GDP and 11% of jobs, and
its share has been falling...India’s median age is 26, and every year for the next decade 10 million people will
enter the workforce. ” ("Modi’s Mission," The Economist, May 2014)
This report springs a brief indication about the general idea of FSI and how the concept has been... more This report springs a brief indication about the general idea of FSI and how the concept has been used extensively in Indian cities, like Mumbai. A little picture has been also added that how this useful tool is used as a developmental tool and as well as a revenue generation tool by the urban local bodies in India. Adding to this, the report also briefs about how the FSI mechanism is used as a public financing mechanism. Now followed by this, it also explains how the TDR is introduced in the development control rules, DCR 1991 and how it benefits the landowners who lose their land under Land Acquisition Act and private developers in public projects. Apart from this, TDR is explained as a very strong and effective land conservation tool for heritage, financing urban infrastructure projects like development of mass rapid transit corridors and a uniform growth across the city.
Books by Subhasish Borah
Volvo Research and Education Foundation, 2023
The transport sector in India currently faces the epochal challenge of mitigating the high demand... more The transport sector in India currently faces the epochal challenge of mitigating the high demand impacts while adapting to the low-carbon future. With this study VREF and the authors aim to provide a holistic understanding of the various informal and shared mobility modes and services in India with a primary objective of facilitating more efficient, evidence-based policy-making processes.
The study is concerned with shared mobility as a new mobility service emerging in addition to traditional services, drawing on Internet technologies to meet the demand with high efficiency: rideshare taxis, public bike sharing, bike renting, carpooling, car renting, and ride-hailing services (including minibuses) emerging in various Indian cities. The study views conventional informal mobility and the new shared mobility services as one sector contributing to paratransit services for a large population in Indian cities.
India’s informal and shared mobility sector is closely linked with informal livelihood, crucial for many households moving out of poverty. However, severe customer competition leads to road safety challenges, a lack of traffic discipline, and operational inefficiency. The vehicles often need to be better maintained, and the
selective crackdown by the authorities coupled with a lack of efficient regulatory mechanisms add to the ‘informality’ of these services. With the emerging shared mobility market, there is an opportunity to organize this sector with better legislative and regulatory support.
This study aims to provide the most recent overview of this sector to understand and appreciate the issues while building a case for better policy and regulatory support. The present study aims to address these issues by posing the following research questions:
What is the status of informal and shared mobility services in Indian cities regarding the level of service, regulatory frameworks, and emerging socio-economic trends?
What are the gaps in the existing research, and how can they be addressed in the future
research agenda for ISM services in India?
The study aims to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of informal and shared mobility in India, drawing on a review of academic and gray literature, dialogues with stakeholders, and data collection with quantitative and qualitative analysis.
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Papers by Subhasish Borah
Key words: Urban-form, Urban Transformation, Generative Techniques and Speculation.
hence facilitating trade and commerce, social interaction and expressively mobility. Apart from providing
mobility, the streets acts as a place where people walk, talk, meet family and friends, eat, seat, shop, etc. and
hence it is fanatical to everyday human life. However due to high vehicular growth the streets spaces have
almost been capitulated to the private vehicles for so long that street are now barely considered as spaces.
The study will primarily focus on re-imaging the streets as public spaces emphasising on the implications of
dimensions of urban design and human behaviour.
The study has been done in two phases. The first phase covers the dimensions of urban design including
perception towards human behaviour. And the second phase covers the relation of streets as public spaces
with the morphological and perceptual dimensions of urban design and human behaviour. Also, this study
has tried to understand the thrilling human perception towards different placemaking attributes and the
built-environment and how they influence the street character. The anticipated outcome of the study will
show how the attributes of built-environment and urban design helps in transforming the streets into a
network of public space. The study will finally conclude by pointing out the key issues and the areas where
auxiliary research can encourage a better understanding towards the subject and addressing the objectives
of sustainability.
Keywords: Streets, Public Spaces, Urban Design, Human Behaviour,
its share has been falling...India’s median age is 26, and every year for the next decade 10 million people will
enter the workforce. ” ("Modi’s Mission," The Economist, May 2014)
Books by Subhasish Borah
The study is concerned with shared mobility as a new mobility service emerging in addition to traditional services, drawing on Internet technologies to meet the demand with high efficiency: rideshare taxis, public bike sharing, bike renting, carpooling, car renting, and ride-hailing services (including minibuses) emerging in various Indian cities. The study views conventional informal mobility and the new shared mobility services as one sector contributing to paratransit services for a large population in Indian cities.
India’s informal and shared mobility sector is closely linked with informal livelihood, crucial for many households moving out of poverty. However, severe customer competition leads to road safety challenges, a lack of traffic discipline, and operational inefficiency. The vehicles often need to be better maintained, and the
selective crackdown by the authorities coupled with a lack of efficient regulatory mechanisms add to the ‘informality’ of these services. With the emerging shared mobility market, there is an opportunity to organize this sector with better legislative and regulatory support.
This study aims to provide the most recent overview of this sector to understand and appreciate the issues while building a case for better policy and regulatory support. The present study aims to address these issues by posing the following research questions:
What is the status of informal and shared mobility services in Indian cities regarding the level of service, regulatory frameworks, and emerging socio-economic trends?
What are the gaps in the existing research, and how can they be addressed in the future
research agenda for ISM services in India?
The study aims to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of informal and shared mobility in India, drawing on a review of academic and gray literature, dialogues with stakeholders, and data collection with quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Key words: Urban-form, Urban Transformation, Generative Techniques and Speculation.
hence facilitating trade and commerce, social interaction and expressively mobility. Apart from providing
mobility, the streets acts as a place where people walk, talk, meet family and friends, eat, seat, shop, etc. and
hence it is fanatical to everyday human life. However due to high vehicular growth the streets spaces have
almost been capitulated to the private vehicles for so long that street are now barely considered as spaces.
The study will primarily focus on re-imaging the streets as public spaces emphasising on the implications of
dimensions of urban design and human behaviour.
The study has been done in two phases. The first phase covers the dimensions of urban design including
perception towards human behaviour. And the second phase covers the relation of streets as public spaces
with the morphological and perceptual dimensions of urban design and human behaviour. Also, this study
has tried to understand the thrilling human perception towards different placemaking attributes and the
built-environment and how they influence the street character. The anticipated outcome of the study will
show how the attributes of built-environment and urban design helps in transforming the streets into a
network of public space. The study will finally conclude by pointing out the key issues and the areas where
auxiliary research can encourage a better understanding towards the subject and addressing the objectives
of sustainability.
Keywords: Streets, Public Spaces, Urban Design, Human Behaviour,
its share has been falling...India’s median age is 26, and every year for the next decade 10 million people will
enter the workforce. ” ("Modi’s Mission," The Economist, May 2014)
The study is concerned with shared mobility as a new mobility service emerging in addition to traditional services, drawing on Internet technologies to meet the demand with high efficiency: rideshare taxis, public bike sharing, bike renting, carpooling, car renting, and ride-hailing services (including minibuses) emerging in various Indian cities. The study views conventional informal mobility and the new shared mobility services as one sector contributing to paratransit services for a large population in Indian cities.
India’s informal and shared mobility sector is closely linked with informal livelihood, crucial for many households moving out of poverty. However, severe customer competition leads to road safety challenges, a lack of traffic discipline, and operational inefficiency. The vehicles often need to be better maintained, and the
selective crackdown by the authorities coupled with a lack of efficient regulatory mechanisms add to the ‘informality’ of these services. With the emerging shared mobility market, there is an opportunity to organize this sector with better legislative and regulatory support.
This study aims to provide the most recent overview of this sector to understand and appreciate the issues while building a case for better policy and regulatory support. The present study aims to address these issues by posing the following research questions:
What is the status of informal and shared mobility services in Indian cities regarding the level of service, regulatory frameworks, and emerging socio-economic trends?
What are the gaps in the existing research, and how can they be addressed in the future
research agenda for ISM services in India?
The study aims to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of informal and shared mobility in India, drawing on a review of academic and gray literature, dialogues with stakeholders, and data collection with quantitative and qualitative analysis.