Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Environment & Climate
- Policy & Planning
- Urban
Areas of Interest
Disaster risk reduction in urban areas of Global South, Infrastructure Planning, Global South, India
Cohort
2023-2024
Biography
Vineetha Nalla is pursuing her PhD in Planning from the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Her research and interests span across the themes of urban risk, disaster risk reduction and recovery, resilience, urban planning and affordable housing. In her past research with the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Vineetha explored representations of disaster impacts, and experiences of recovery post disasters. Currently she is exploring disaster risk in the planning and implementation of infrastructure systems in urban areas.
Publications
1. Few, R., Ranjit, N., Nalla, V., Jain, G., Tebboth, M., Singh, C., Chhotray, V., Marsh, H. (2023). ‘We are not in the same boat’: representations of disaster and recovery in India’. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 92, 103709.
2. Nalla, V., Johnson, C., Ranjit, N., Sen, G., Peddibhotla, A., Anand, M.C., Bhatia, N., & Bazaz, A.B. (2022). ‘Considering curriculum, content, and delivery for adaptive pathways: Higher education and disaster resilient infrastructure in the Indian urban context’. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, DOI: 10.1080/23789689.2022.2134645
3. Nalla, V., Ranjit, N., & Jain, G. (2021). ‘Representations of disaster recovery needs: A study of legal frameworks and litigation in Odisha’. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 57, 102163.
4. Sen, G., Nalla, V. & Ranjit, N. (2022). ‘Chapter 5: Rebuilding livelihoods to reduce disaster Vulnerabilities’ In F. Nunan, B. Clare, & K. Sukanya (Eds.), Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South. Routledge.
5. Johnson, C., Jain, G., Nalla, V., & Cáceres-Martínez, J. D. (2021). ‘Risk as a subjective concept and its influence on decision-making’. In C. Johnson, G. Jain, A. Lavell (Eds.), Rethinking urban risks and resettlement in the global South (pp. 77-95). UCL Press. (Accessed at: www.uclpress.co.uk/products/155742)
6. Harish, S., Nalla, V., Ranjit, N., & Satish, N. (2023). ‘Landlordism, social relations and built form in informal private rental housing markets in India’. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.