Sumana Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 4098360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sumana Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sumana |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1897-1801 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(In) visible spaces as fractals of an ethnically inclusive city. Case of Siliguri- The corridor to India
Several cities have experienced residential segregation, and common interaction spaces have come to the rescue. However, little is known about ethnic (in) visible interaction spaces in India. By extracting data from the electoral roll assisted by primary survey, this study analyses ethnic interaction spaces across three differing wards in Siliguri City. The ethnic mapping reveals the relationship between spatial interaction features and settlemen…
Privacy not affordability
Residential Apartheid in India
The study investigates imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA), or Ashant dhara, and its impact at an unexplored micro-level. There has been a rise in the 'declared disturbed areas'; until 2023, there were 1971 areas. The intent of DAA was to protect tenants' rights from eviction; it divided the city into religious lines. The argument is based on excerpts from Stakeholder narratives and Collectorate data. It presents mapping of the unpublishe…
Assessing the discrete and systemic response of the Built Environment to an earthquake
Craft culture revival through a sustainable approach of integrating tourism with craft promotion
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to create optimally located Facilitation Centers on this tourist circuit, evaluated through network analysis, thus creating an effective linkage between tourism and economic activities of the craftsmen who are the custodians of the cultural heritage of Puri. Design/methodology/approach The craft villages lying in and around this tourist circuit are surveyed to establish socio-economic condition of artisans, si…
A need for policy revision to reach the intended beneficiaries
Exploring pilgrim satisfaction on facilities for religious events
This article relates to the annual Ratha Yatra festival at Puri, India, and aims at quantifying the pilgrim perception of the event on three major aspects of every facility – adequacy, quality, and signage – to measure their satisfaction. A questionnaire survey (N = 680) was conducted, from which a five-factor structure was extracted using exploratory principal component analysis, further examined through partial least squares-path modeling. The …
Exploring pilgrim satisfaction on facilities for religious events
This article relates to the annual Ratha Yatra festival at Puri, India, and aims at quantifying the pilgrim perception of the event on three major aspects of every facility – adequacy, quality, and signage – to measure their satisfaction. A questionnaire survey (N = 680) was conducted, from which a five-factor structure was extracted using exploratory principal component analysis, further examined through partial least squares-path modeling. The …
Residential Apartheid in India
The study investigates imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA), or Ashant dhara, and its impact at an unexplored micro-level. There has been a rise in the 'declared disturbed areas'; until 2023, there were 1971 areas. The intent of DAA was to protect tenants' rights from eviction; it divided the city into religious lines. The argument is based on excerpts from Stakeholder narratives and Collectorate data. It presents mapping of the unpublishe…
Exploring pilgrim satisfaction on facilities for religious events
This article relates to the annual Ratha Yatra festival at Puri, India, and aims at quantifying the pilgrim perception of the event on three major aspects of every facility – adequacy, quality, and signage – to measure their satisfaction. A questionnaire survey (N = 680) was conducted, from which a five-factor structure was extracted using exploratory principal component analysis, further examined through partial least squares-path modeling. The …
A need for policy revision to reach the intended beneficiaries
Assessing the discrete and systemic response of the Built Environment to an earthquake
Craft culture revival through a sustainable approach of integrating tourism with craft promotion
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to create optimally located Facilitation Centers on this tourist circuit, evaluated through network analysis, thus creating an effective linkage between tourism and economic activities of the craftsmen who are the custodians of the cultural heritage of Puri. Design/methodology/approach The craft villages lying in and around this tourist circuit are surveyed to establish socio-economic condition of artisans, si…
(In) visible spaces as fractals of an ethnically inclusive city. Case of Siliguri- The corridor to India
Several cities have experienced residential segregation, and common interaction spaces have come to the rescue. However, little is known about ethnic (in) visible interaction spaces in India. By extracting data from the electoral roll assisted by primary survey, this study analyses ethnic interaction spaces across three differing wards in Siliguri City. The ethnic mapping reveals the relationship between spatial interaction features and settlemen…
Privacy not affordability
Residential Apartheid in India
The study investigates imposition of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA), or Ashant dhara, and its impact at an unexplored micro-level. There has been a rise in the 'declared disturbed areas'; until 2023, there were 1971 areas. The intent of DAA was to protect tenants' rights from eviction; it divided the city into religious lines. The argument is based on excerpts from Stakeholder narratives and Collectorate data. It presents mapping of the unpublishe…
Geography (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)