Shibu Raman
RESEARCH PROFILE
Shibu is a trained architect and urban designer. His research experience includes project work into the creation of accessible urban spaces for people with dementia, as well as acting as research fellow on the EPSRC-funded CityForm research project. Work conducted by Dr Raman and colleagues at Milan Polytechnic on spatial network modelling provides a new and robust method of spatial analysis. He has well established links with the academic community in India and carried out primary research on social spaces in Indian cities.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- CityForm-India: achieving sustainable urban development in India's rapidly growing cities, with Prof. Elizabeth Burton, University of Warwick, Funded by: EPSRC, see www.city-form.org, Project Start Date: 01/01/2010 Project End Date: 31/07/2012
- CityForm-India: achieving sustainable urban development in India's rapidly growing cities, Funded by: British Council and Indian Ministry of Urban Development, See project website: www.city-form.org/india, Project Start Date: 01/03/2009 Project End Date: 30/09/2011
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Raman, S(2010) 'Designing a Liveable Compact City: physical forms of city and social life in urban neighbourhoods' Built Environment 36 (1), 63 - 80
- Dempsey, N., Brown, C., Raman, S., Porta, S., Jenks, M., Jones, C. and Bramley, G.(2010) 'Elements of urban form' in Dimensions of the sustainable city, 21 - 51, Editors: Jenks, M. and Jones, C. (9781402086465), Springer
- Mitchell, L., Burton, E and Raman, S(2004) 'Dementia-friendly cities: designing intelligible neighbourhoods for life' Journal of Urban Design, 9 (1), 89 - 101
- Raman, S,Dempsey, N, (2009) 'UK-India collaborative research network examines sustainable urban form in India's rapidly growing cities' Urban Design and Planning, 162 (2), 49-51
- Mitchell, L., Burton, E. and Raman, S., Blackman, T., Jenks, M. and Williams, K.(2003) 'Making the outside world dementia-friendly: design issues and considerations. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 30: 605-632.' Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 30 605 - 632
