Sumila Gulyani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1520404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sumila Gulyani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sumila |
| FAMILY NAME | Gulyani |
| SIGNATURE | GULYANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Success when we deemed it failure? Revisiting sites and services projects in Mumbai and Chennai 20 years later
A sharing economy? Unpacking demand and living conditions in the urban housing market in Kenya
A tale of two cities
Mobility, Poverty, and Gender
A survey of 4375 slum residents in Nairobi, Kenya, reveals that the majority cannot afford any of the motorized transport options in the city. They cope by limiting their travel outside their settlement and, if they do travel, by often ‘choosing’ to walk. As compared to the non‐poor, poor households are systematically worse off. But the burden of reduced mobility is borne disproportionately by women and children. Using joint‐choice modelling to e…
Inside Informality
The Living Conditions Diamond
What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we deem 'slums' compare with each other and with nonslum settlements. The diamond distils living conditions into four dimensions: (i) tenure, (ii) infrastructure, …
Slum Real Estate
Universal (Non)service? Water Markets, Household Demand and the Poor in Urban Kenya
Compared with the non-poor, just how inadequately are the urban poor served by the public utilities and private water providers? Based on a survey of 674 households, this paper examines current water use and unit costs in three Kenyan towns and also tests the willingness of the unconnected to pay for piped water or improved kiosk service. By examining the water use behaviour of poor and non-poor households, this study brings into question a long-…
Effects of Poor Transportation on Lean Production and Industrial Clustering
Innovating with Infrastructure
Slum Real Estate
Inside Informality
The Living Conditions Diamond
What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we deem 'slums' compare with each other and with nonslum settlements. The diamond distils living conditions into four dimensions: (i) tenure, (ii) infrastructure, …
A sharing economy? Unpacking demand and living conditions in the urban housing market in Kenya
A tale of two cities
Universal (Non)service? Water Markets, Household Demand and the Poor in Urban Kenya
Compared with the non-poor, just how inadequately are the urban poor served by the public utilities and private water providers? Based on a survey of 674 households, this paper examines current water use and unit costs in three Kenyan towns and also tests the willingness of the unconnected to pay for piped water or improved kiosk service. By examining the water use behaviour of poor and non-poor households, this study brings into question a long-…
Success when we deemed it failure? Revisiting sites and services projects in Mumbai and Chennai 20 years later
Effects of Poor Transportation on Lean Production and Industrial Clustering
Innovating with Infrastructure
Effects of Poor Transportation on Lean Production and Industrial Clustering
Universal (Non)service? Water Markets, Household Demand and the Poor in Urban Kenya
Compared with the non-poor, just how inadequately are the urban poor served by the public utilities and private water providers? Based on a survey of 674 households, this paper examines current water use and unit costs in three Kenyan towns and also tests the willingness of the unconnected to pay for piped water or improved kiosk service. By examining the water use behaviour of poor and non-poor households, this study brings into question a long-…
Slum Real Estate
Mobility, Poverty, and Gender
A survey of 4375 slum residents in Nairobi, Kenya, reveals that the majority cannot afford any of the motorized transport options in the city. They cope by limiting their travel outside their settlement and, if they do travel, by often ‘choosing’ to walk. As compared to the non‐poor, poor households are systematically worse off. But the burden of reduced mobility is borne disproportionately by women and children. Using joint‐choice modelling to e…
Inside Informality
The Living Conditions Diamond
What constitutes a 'slum' is much debated in the urban poverty and affordable housing literature. We argue that a focus on living conditions can help clarify this and present a framework, the living conditions diamond, for detailing living conditions and determining how the settlements we deem 'slums' compare with each other and with nonslum settlements. The diamond distils living conditions into four dimensions: (i) tenure, (ii) infrastructure, …
A tale of two cities
Success when we deemed it failure? Revisiting sites and services projects in Mumbai and Chennai 20 years later
A sharing economy? Unpacking demand and living conditions in the urban housing market in Kenya
Economics (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (7 works) · Slum (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Market economy (3 works)