Bharat Dahiya

Bangkok

An award-winning Urbanist, Bharat combines research, policy analysis and development practice aimed at examining and tackling socio-economic, environmental and governance issues in the global urban context. Since early-1990s, his research and professional work has focused on sustainable urbanization, strategic urban planning and development, urban upgrading, urban environment and infrastructure, urban resilience, and community-driven development. During his work at the World Bank, UN-Habitat, Asian Development Bank and UNDP, he initiated, led and contributed to technical assistance and operational projects on sustainable urban development in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. He conceptualized and coordinated the preparation of United Nations’ first-ever report on The State of Asian Cities 2010/11. He has held academic positions in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. Reuters, China Daily, Inter Press Service and SciDev.Net have quoted his work. For his contributions to sustainable urban development in Mongolia, the Municipal Government of Ulaanbaatar decorated Bharat with a Medal of Honor, and the Government of Mongolia awarded him with a Certificate of Honor. He is Series Editor for the Springer book series, Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Bharat holds a PhD in Urban Governance, Planning and Environment from the University of Cambridge, UK.