Rajan Chandra Sinha

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An Integrated Model for Water Resource Allocation, Distribution and Management: A Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimisation Model
Shama Parween, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Water Resources Management, 2025
Suitability assessment for pluvial flood mitigation in dense urban areas, using nature-based solutions: a case of Delhi
Manish M. NAIR, Shama PARWEEN, Rajan Chandra SINHA
Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2025
Over the past few years, pluvial floods have become a major concern for Indian cities. Factors that exacerbate the conditions include climate change, urbanisation, outdated stormwater infrastructure, decreasing capacity of natural wetlands, and natural stormwater sinks. India's metropolitan cities are at risk due to the current rate of urbanisation. The paper aims to develop a methodology that can be used to identify the areas at risk due to pluvial floods at a watershed scale and its mitigation through nature-based solutions (NBS) using geospatial analysis by considering the case of Delhi. Based on local flood data, the settlements at risk of pluvial floods were mapped using GIS, and the "Pluvial flood susceptibility map" has been developed to assess the risk of flooding, followed by selection of the most vulnerable local action area with the help of parameters like susceptibility (based on past pluvial flooding incidences) and urbanisation. Further, in the research, the "NBS suitability map" for the milli watershed (area of about 1000 to 10,000 ha) has been generated using the geospatial overlay technique of GIS. It can help identify potential areas within the study region at a sub-watershed level where nature-based solutions can be integrated, considering suitable and unsuitable conditions based on physical, environmental, and planning parameters.
An Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach for Prioritization of Objectives and Parameters for an Integrated Urban Water Management
Shama Parween, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Ksce Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024
Identification of indicators of urban affordable housing location choice for low-income households: a Delphi analysis
Nishat Afshan, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Housing and Society, 2024
Leveraging Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation
Manish M. Nair, Shama Parween, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Urban Sustainability, 2024
Identification of Indicators for Developing an Integrated Study on Urban Water Supply System, Planning, and Management
Shama Parween, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Journal of Environmental Engineering United States, 2023
An Investigation of the Parameters Affecting Affordable Housing Location Choice †
Nishat Afshan, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Engineering Proceedings, 2023
Critical Appraisal of Parameters for Successful Implementation of BRTS in India
Mustafa Kapadia, Satyaki Sarkar, Bimal Chandra Roy, Rajan Chandra Sinha
Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 2022
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is establishing itself as a new and sustainable solution to mass transit against the conventional transit systems in many cities across the globe as well as in India. Different BRTSs have adopted various case-specific solutions to make the system contextual to the place, user-friendly, strategic, technologically advanced, and ecologically sustainable. In most cases, the most favoured solution is governed by aspects related to available infrastructure, budgetary allocations, demand and behavioral patterns of passengers, and areas of focus. The paper makes a critical appraisal of various parameters contributing to the implementation of BRTS services across the world and applicability of the same in India. It also deals with how the application of a new transportation system affects the surrounding area and with the resulting various social and physical impacts. As a conclusion, this paper establishes that successful BRTS must combine proper station design, track design, maintained vehicles and running ways with backup infrastructure, educated and updated drivers and workforce, public cautiousness, and system-backed information technology. Further, it concludes that the institutional framework needs revamping in Indian scenario for successful implementation of BRTS projects.
Quantitative analysis of sound absorption properties of plants in indoor environment for enabling sustainable practices
Namrata Baruah, Satyaki Sarkar, Bimal Chandra Roy, Rajan Chandra Sinha
International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2019
Development of quality indicators for multi-family residential buildings in India - a Delphi analysis
Naresh Kumar
International Journal of Sustainable Society, 2018
An Overview of Key Indicators and Evaluation Tools for Assessing Housing Quality: A Literature Review
Rajan Chandra Sinha, Satyaki Sarkar, Nikhil Ranjan Mandal
Journal of the Institution of Engineers India Series A, 2017

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