Anjali Karol Mohan

Abundance in a scarCITY

Cities are sites of enigma showcasing abundance with strong binaries. The co-existence of extreme affluence and abject poverty; cities as spaces of employment with a plethora of the unemployed; the powerful and the dispossessed; excessive consumption by the privileged and lack of basic resources for the marginalised – too common and cliched to even elicit a comment. Cumulatively, we have cities that work for a powerful minority, with ‘development’ largely conceived for and by this minority; while it is the informal socio-spatial forms that are the dominant modes of urbanisation, for production of space. How does a city leverage this abundance to make itself liveable, inclusive and resilient?

Some of these opportunities would be discussed by Dr. Anjali Karol Mohan, through herresearch and practice (spanning three decades) as an Urban and Regional Planner, a Public Policy and Governance expert, an academician, and partner at Integrated Design. Dr Mohan's current focus is on planning and climate change response, while aiming to evolve bottom-up frameworks for Master Plans. Dr. Mohan has been a part of various city and state level committees and task forces and is a member of the International Federation for Housing and Planning. She is a visiting faculty at the Centre for Public Policy, NLSUI Bengaluru,
Kautilya School of Public Policy, Gitam University, Hyderabad and the Takshashila Institutions. As partner at Integrated Design, she leads projects at the intersection of planning, participation, informality, development and environment.