Areas of interest

  • Urban Development
  • Water
  • Mumbai
  • Urbanism
  • Cities
  • Politics
  • Informality

Biography

Main Bio

Bharat has a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Western Ontario, where he researched inter-sectoral water conflict in the Mumbai region in coastal western India. His main interests are in water governance and policy in large metropolitan cities and in urban studies. He also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics, as well as graduate degrees in social administration and social anthropology from universities in Canada and India. Bharat is interested in connecting with researchers focusing on Canadian and Indian urban issues and welcomes contacts from interdisciplinary researchers engaged in applied work in development policy.   

Select publications

  • Garrick, Dustin & Balasubramanya, Soumya & Beresford, Melissa & Wutich, Amber & Gilson, Gina & Jorgensen, Isabel & Brozovic, Nicholas & Cox, Michael & Xiaoping, Dai & Erfurth, Sophie & Rimsaite, Renata & Svensson, Jesper & Jones, Julia & Unnikrishnan, Hita & Wight, Charles & Villamayor-Tomas, Sergio & Mendoza, Karla. (2023). A systems perspective on water markets: barriers, bright spots, and building blocks for the next generation. Environmental Research Letters. 18. 10.1088/1748-9326/acb227.
  • Punjabi, Bharat. (2018). The Paradox of India's water problems.
  • Punjabi, Bharat & Johnson, Craig. (2018). The politics of rural–urban water conflict in India: Untapping the power of institutional reform. World Development. 120. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.021.
  • Punjabi, Bharat & Johnson, Craig. (2018). The politics of rural–urban water conflict in India: Untapping the power of institutional reform. World Development. 120. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.03.021.
  • Punjabi, Bharat. (2017). Canal bureaucracy and the corruption nexus around water in the Mumbai hinterland: Questions for development and governance in Maharashtra, India. India Review. 16. 179-211. 10.1080/14736489.2017.1314137.

Courses

CAS370H1
Asian Cities
SAS318H1
Colonialism and Tradition