Debarchana Biswas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3721532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debarchana Biswas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debarchana |
| FAMILY NAME | Biswas |
| SIGNATURE | BISWAS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4248-2653 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Can large hydropower projects deliver a just transition? Exploring perspectives from downstream communities in India
From ‘piecemeal efforts’ to ‘policy inclusion’
Mapping circular economy research in India’s water sector
Neglect to recognition
Local institutional strategies and responses to climate change risks in the Indian Sundarbans
In this article, we use a political economic analysis in arguing that climate change risks and vulnerabilities are often produced and sustained through inappropriate, loosely designed and socially contested institutional mechanisms. Using ethnography, we contribute to the existing social science scholarship on climate vulnerability and risk by focusing on a political economic analysis of how risks are framed and responded at local institutional l…
We are not simply Indians
An analysis of local political forces around the management of climate change-led disasters in the Indian Sundarbans
A review of the acculturative stress scale for the Chinese community of Kolkata
Kolkata serves as a hub for many immigrant ethnic groups, including Armenians, Jews, Parsis, Chinese, and others. Among them, the Chinese appear to be the most important. The research emphasizes on the Chinese community of Kolkata, which attempted to integrate into the host culture by perceiving which qualities or behaviours are socially acceptable and shunning those that are harmful. Chinese rejection within society has been a very prevalent phe…
Identity development, acculturation among Bowbazar Chinese community
The development of identity is a procedure of individual change that can take place along various spheres of social and cultural domains. The concept of identity is always remaining fundamental in the process of acculturation and adaptation. The prominence or value has been particularly given on Chinese community of Bowbazar which is an enclave community. The study aims to elucidate that the immigrant groups adjust to the host society by persiste…
An analysis of local political forces around the management of climate change-led disasters in the Indian Sundarbans
Identity development, acculturation among Bowbazar Chinese community
The development of identity is a procedure of individual change that can take place along various spheres of social and cultural domains. The concept of identity is always remaining fundamental in the process of acculturation and adaptation. The prominence or value has been particularly given on Chinese community of Bowbazar which is an enclave community. The study aims to elucidate that the immigrant groups adjust to the host society by persiste…
Identity development, acculturation among Bowbazar Chinese community
The development of identity is a procedure of individual change that can take place along various spheres of social and cultural domains. The concept of identity is always remaining fundamental in the process of acculturation and adaptation. The prominence or value has been particularly given on Chinese community of Bowbazar which is an enclave community. The study aims to elucidate that the immigrant groups adjust to the host society by persiste…
A review of the acculturative stress scale for the Chinese community of Kolkata
Kolkata serves as a hub for many immigrant ethnic groups, including Armenians, Jews, Parsis, Chinese, and others. Among them, the Chinese appear to be the most important. The research emphasizes on the Chinese community of Kolkata, which attempted to integrate into the host culture by perceiving which qualities or behaviours are socially acceptable and shunning those that are harmful. Chinese rejection within society has been a very prevalent phe…
An analysis of local political forces around the management of climate change-led disasters in the Indian Sundarbans
Neglect to recognition
Local institutional strategies and responses to climate change risks in the Indian Sundarbans
In this article, we use a political economic analysis in arguing that climate change risks and vulnerabilities are often produced and sustained through inappropriate, loosely designed and socially contested institutional mechanisms. Using ethnography, we contribute to the existing social science scholarship on climate vulnerability and risk by focusing on a political economic analysis of how risks are framed and responded at local institutional l…
We are not simply Indians
Can large hydropower projects deliver a just transition? Exploring perspectives from downstream communities in India
From ‘piecemeal efforts’ to ‘policy inclusion’
Mapping circular economy research in India’s water sector
Climate change (4 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Acculturation (2 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (2 works)