Himanshu Burte

Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (C-USE)

Research Areas

  • Urban policy and planning
  • Infrastructural space
  • Urban informality
  • Urban public space
  • Housing
  • Small cities
  • Academic Background

    PhD (CEPT University, 2018)

    B Arch (Univ. of Mumbai, 1990)

    Publications

    Books and special issues

    Bhide, A. and Burte, H. (eds. 2018) Urban Parallax: Policy and the City in Contemporary India. New Delhi: Yoda Press

    Burte, H. (guest ed. 2019). Infrastructure as space: Development and its (dis)Contents. Special issue of Marg. September-December.

    Book chapters

    Burte, H. (2018). Out of Time: Policy temporality and urban process. In Amita Bhide and Himanshu Burte (eds.) Urban Parallax: Policy and the City in Contemporary India. New Delhi: Yoda Press. 160-164.

    ‘The Abstract Nature of Building’, in Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon (eds.) Business Interests and the Environmental Crisis, Sage, New Delhi, 2016. Pp 60-83.

    Journal Articles

    Schindler, S., Gillespie, T., Banks, N., Bayırbağ, M. K., Burte, H., Kanai, J. M., & Sami, N. (2020). Deindustrialization in cities of the Global South. Area Development and Policy, 5(3), 283-304.

    Burte, H., & Kamath, L. (2017). The Violence of Worlding. Economic & Political Weekly, 52(7), 67.

    Burte, H. (2014) ‘The “Smart City” Card’, in Economic & Political Weekly, Vol XLIX No.46, November 15, 2014

    Burte, H. (2014) ‘Intentions, Design and Outcomes: Reflections on IHSDP in Maharashtra’ in Economic & Political Weekly, Vol XLIX No.22, May 31.

    Reports

    Smarter Urbanisation, not (just) smart cities, (co-authored with Amita Bhide) a discussion paper published by National Centre for Advocacy Studies, New Delhi.

    Affordable Housing by the State (co-authored with Amita Bhide, Smita Waingankar, Simpreet Singh), published by Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, 2014

    Gunthewaris in Maharashtra – Perspectives and Issues (co-authored with Amita Bhide, Smita Waingankar, Simpreet Singh), published by Centre for Urban Policy and Governance, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, 2014

    Courses Taught

    US 609 – Introduction to Urban Design

    US 614 – Urban Space: Theories and Critical Perspectives