Browsing Thesis and Dissertations by Author "Garg, Amit"
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Aligning decarbonization of energy systems and sustainable development in India: synergies and tradeoffs
Gupta, Dipti (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)Although a rapidly growing economy, India faces many challenges on energy access and clean energy echoing some of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Moreover, post-2020 climate actions outlined in ... -
Climate change, air pollution and public health in India: impact assessment and adaptation strategies
Dholakia, Hem H. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Climate change has brought into sharp focus two key environmental health concerns for Indian cities - outdoor air pollution and climate change related temperature extremes. This research explores exposure-response relationships ... -
Development, climate change and Indian cities: framing and implementing policies
Avashia, Vidhee (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)Cities in India are already experiencing enhanced climate variability and extremes in annual precipitation and temperature events. A city’s climate is affected both by global warming and local factors such as its built ... -
Essays on Corporate Social Performance (CSP) & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A global to firm level analysis
Mukherjee, Debdatta (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)In recent years, there is a growing interest about corporate social responsibility (CSR) of firms in both academic literature and business world. Here, the underlying rationale is that since business forms a part of society, ... -
Implications of delivering healthcare through strategic partnerships under publicly funded health insurance schemes: analysis of equity in access, demand for health services and quality of care in Indian context
Singh, Vanita (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021)In forwarding the agenda of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), developing countries, including India, have adopted Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes (PFHIs) to serve their impoverished population. When PFHIs are ... -
Integrating water and energy systems for India
Vishwanathan, Saritha S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)The Paris Climate Change Agreement (PCCA, 2015) calls for holding global warming during 1850-2100 to 2 °C and well below 2°C, mainly through nationally determined contributions (NDCs). United Nations Sustainable Development ... -
Managing climate change risks in cities: a study of mitigation and adaptation strategies
Khan, Salman Shakir (2009)Climate change is an extreme case of externality. Its global nature has prompted analysis at higher geographical scales like country, region or global levels. However the origin of most emissions and impacts of climate ... -
Managing the water-energy-climate change nexus: an integrated policy road map for India
Bazaz, Amir Bashir (2011)This research examines the water - energy - climate change nexus to delineate policies that harmonize the nexus favourably. Typically, the energy-climate nexus has been studied as a mitigation problem, the water-energy ... -
Mitigation strategies for transitioning towards ‘Net-zero’ emissions from energy systems
Patange, Omkar S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-03-23)Net-zero emissions from energy systems are essential to meet the Paris climate goals. These transitions require intensive efforts from national governments, in addition to deeper climate commitments. As a coal-dependent, ... -
Modal Shift Estimation and Financial Viability of High Speed Rail in India: The Case Study of Ahmedabad – Mumbai Corridor
Ramakrishnan, T. S. (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)The share of rail in passenger transport in India has declined rapidly, primarily due to severe capacity constraints and inability of railways to increase the speed of travel. Other countries facing similar problems have ... -
Self-Initiated teacher innovations in government rural elementary schools: Evolution, impact, and sustainability
Ranjan, Rajiv (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)The challenge to the production function approach has attracted the attention of education research towards the behavioural aspects of key educational change initiators, i.e., teachers and principals. The teaching profession ... -
Solar And Bioenergy Scenarios For India: Modelling And Policy Assessment.
Bhaskar, Kalyan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)Renewable energy resources and technologies are among the prime options to mitigate externalities from energy supply-chain. Typically energy externalities appear in different forms and vary across spatial and temporal ... -
Sustainable Low Carbon Urban Mobility: An Assessment of Future Scenarios and Policies for India
Chokshi, Poojan P. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2015)Under business-as-usual development, emissions from the transportation system that delivers mobility, given its high fossil-fuel dependence, are expected to exacerbate local air pollution across India's cities and add to ... -
Technologies, policies and measures for energy and environment future
Garg, Amit (2001)Energy, economic activities and natural environment have close linkages that manifest in diverse problems like global climate change and local air pollution affecting human health, socio-economic conditions and ecological ... -
Uncertainty and risk management of climate change impacts on infrastructure assets
Naswa, Prakriti (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)Infrastructure assets are a constrained resource in India and face stress from population growth, increased urbanization, resource variability and use, and economic growth. Climate change is an additional stress which has ... -
Urban land use and the heat island effect
Shah, Arpit (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)Higher urban temperatures, driven by the urban heat island (UHI) effect, have several negative health and economic implications such as heat stroke and higher air conditioning usage. The UHI is linked to urban land use. ...