BIO

Dr. Pallavi Tiwari is an architect and urban planner with a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi, where her research focused on the intersection of city planning and environmental health. She also holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from SPA Delhi and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from M.A.N.I.T, Bhopal. She has a diverse professional background across academia, government, research and innovation. She served as an Assistant Town Planner (ATP) with the Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Jharkhand, contributing to policy development and GIS-based initiatives. She has worked as Assistant Professor at SPA Delhi and as a Project Associate at the Design Innovation Centre, where she contributed to MHRD-funded projects on urban innovation, data analytics and capacity building. Her research work has been published in several national and international reputed journals.

Research Interests

• Public Health

• Environmental Health

• Climate Change

• Disaster risk and vulnerability assessments in urban contexts

Publications

Book Publication

• Tiwari, P. (2024). Realization of forms in contemporary architecture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Book Chapters

• Pallavi Tiwari, Anwesha Aditi, Arka Kanungo. "Education for Sustainability: Policy Intervention in India." In Sustainability Education for a Better World, by Natarajan Ishwaran Ram Boojh. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.

• Pallavi Tiwari, Archana Kushwaha. "Resilient, sustainable and self-reliant Neighbourhood Planning During and Post Covid 19." In Sustainability of Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Pandemic, by M.Sakthivel Amar Pal Singh. Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2022.

• Book chapter in "Future is Urban: Liveability, Resilience and Resource Conservation" by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023

• Book chapter in "Iconverge - Changing Dimensions of the Built Environment" by Taylor and Francis Group 2023

• Book chapter on "Environmental health challenges in Indian Context - A case study of Delhi" in book titled "Public health education, management, system and practice in Indian Context, publisher - Cambridge Scholars publishing

Scopus/ SCI publications

• Tiwari, P., Mathur, M. Urban planning and environmental health in India: a comprehensive literature mapping. J Public Health Pol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-025-00615-4

• Tiwari, P., & Mathur, M. (2025). Health and urban planning: status and barriers from planners’ perspectives. Cities & Health, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2025.2491860

• Tiwari, P., Mathur, M. (2024). Integrating health in urban planning curriculum across Indian planning institutes. Discov Public Health 21, 150. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-024-00278-8

• Tiwari, P. & Mathur, M. (2024) Knowledge Mapping on Environmental Health in Context of City Planning, Journal of Scientometric Research.

• Tiwari, P., Al Azzawi, N. & Amir, L. Sustainable refugee camp design in the Dalhamyie settlemen (Bekaa, Lebanon) for climate change context. City Territ Archit 10, 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-022-00184-z

• Tiwari, P., Vajpeyi, P. Knowledge mapping of research on Peri Urban areas – A Bibliometric Analysis. GeoJournal (2023)

• Thareja, Pooja & Tiwari, Pallavi & Vajpeyi, Preeti. (2023). Land Suitability Analysis for Encouraging and Locating New Urban Forests: A Case Study of Delhi, India. 10.4324/9781003342441-51.

• Nibal Al, P. T. (2020). Sustainable and Resilient design for emergency shelters in flood risk communities, Case study: The informal settlements in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon). IEEE.

Other Journal Publications

• Amir, L.A., Tiwari, P. and Misra, S. (2023) “Vulnerability and Geoethical Responses to Flooding in Informal Settlements: A Dual Study from Western Cape, South Africa, and Odisha, India”, JOURNAL OF GEOETHICS AND SOCIAL GEOSCIENCES, 1(2), pp. 1–42. doi:10.13127/jgsg-32.

• Tiwari, P and Mathur M (2024) Analysis of Heat and Associated Health Risks in Delhi, India, International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, Volume 14, Issue , ISSN: 2581-8627 Page 902-9142, 2024 February 26

• P.Tiwari, A.Kushwaha, Y.Sharma (2021). Climate Resilience with Traditional Wisdom in Asia. Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies. 14(2):33-39

• Tiwari, P. (2019). Role of Vegetation in the Microclimatic Conditions: Formulation of Urban Heat Islands. International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER), 130-132.

• Pallavi Tiwari, V. V. (2019). Ecovillages. International Journal of Research; Vol 6, No 9 (2019): Vol-6- Issue-9, 405-409.

• Pallavi Tiwari, V. V.(2020). Permaculture: An approach to sustainability in urban and Rural. Research Journal of Recent Sciences.

• Tiwari, P. (2014). An Insight on Slums . International Journal of Research (IJR),710- 715.

• Tiwari, P. (2018). Language of architecture: Diagrams. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 72-74.

• Tiwari, P. (2018). Water infrastructure: Rural Urban Nexus. International Journal of Engeneering Research and Technology, 257-261.

• Tiwari, P. (2019). Dynamics of Peri Urban areas of Indian Cities. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 131-141.

• Tiwari, P. (2016, April 20). Vernacular Redefined. Retrieved from Reflect House

List of Papers presented in conferences (national and international)

• P.Tiwari, S.Bhaduri (2021). Transformations in the peri urban villages of Bhopal, MP, India. International Conference On Resilient And Liveable City Planning, RLCP 2020

• Nibal Al, P. T. (2020). Sustainable and Resilient design for emergency shelters in flood risk communities, Case study: The informal settlements in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon). IEEE.

• Pallavi Tiwari, A. A. (2019). Education for sustainability. ICSE 2019. Delhi: Mobius Foundation, UNESCO, Climate Reality Project.

• Pallavi Tiwari, A. K. (2019). Land surface temperature Variations Case Study Bhopal, MP India. IC2UHI 2019 (p. 68). Hyderabad: International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

• Tiwari P. Arora A, Gul H. 2021, Assessment of Solar Hub Potential at neighborhood level case study Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, International conference on Advances in Science and Technology.

• Tiwari P, Arora A, 2022, Interrelationship between Climate change and urbanization, iConverge DIT university.

• Tiwari, P, Kushwaha. A (2021). Resilient, sustainable and self-reliant neighbourhood planning Post COVID – Sustainability of sustainable development in post- covid-19 scenario (ISBN: 978-93-5419- 646-1)

• Tiwari P, Arka Kanungo. (2020). CITY MICRO-CLIMATE DATA PORTAL. In Proceedings of International Conference on Cloud of Things and Wearable Technologies 2020. (6th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 01- 06). London, GB: ASDFInternational

• Pallavi Tiwari, A. A. (2019). Climate Change and Rural Development interventions through Sustainable food production. ICFC 2019. Roorkee: IITRoorkee.

• Pallavi Tiwari, A. G. (2012). Sustainable Cities: Planning, Design and Management National Conference on Sustainable Cities. Jaipur: MNIT.

• Pallavi Tiwari, A. K. (2020). Resilient, sustainable and self-reliant neighborhood planning Post COVID National Webinar on Sustainability of Sustainable development

• Pollution from building construction National conference on CITIES 2050: Planning, Governance and Management (ISBN : 978-1-68576-222-3)

• Solid Waste Management in Smart Cities National conference on CITIES 2050: Planning, Governance and Management (ISBN : 978-1-68576-222-3)

• Dedicated Freight Corridor : Policy and Impact National conference on CITIES 2050: Planning, Governance and Management (ISBN : 978-1-68576-222-3)

• Friendly Cities National conference on CITIES 2050: Planning, Governance and Management (ISBN : 978-1-68576-222-3)

• Review of Counter Magnet Concept and Setting up Parameters for Future Considerations National conference on CITIES 2050: Planning, Governance and Management (ISBN : 978-1-68576-222-3)

• Climate Adaptation is a Huge Opportunity to Improve the Quality of Life in Cities Mr. Khushhal Gupta and Ms. Pallavi Tiwari THE Environment Management : A Quarterly E- Magazine on Environment and Sustainable Development Newsletter Theme: Only One Earth: Actions for Sustainable Environment Vol.: VIII April – June 2022 Issue 2

Projects

• Madhya Pradesh Affordable Housing and Habitat Policy

• Development of MOOC’s – City and Metropolitan Planning, Urban Disaster Risk and Climate Resilient Development

• Development of innovation projects – Urban STeP,  Street Vendor Application - SVAPN

• WaSH Project with UNICEF and Government of Rajasthan on Climate Responsive and Girl Friendly WASH Facilities in Government Schools and Aanganwadis in Rajasthan

• National Capital Region Regional Plan 2041 preparation of chapter on Disaster management

• Preparation of BIS Standards for Resilient Cities

Awards/Recognitions

• Nominated to attend Master Training for NAKSHA Scheme Gov. of India to represent Jharkhand State for the National Institute of Geo-Informatics Science and Technology (NIGST), Survey of India, Hyderabad, Training Program for Master Trainers.

• Awarded “Sessions Best Presentation”  on “Spatial analysis of environmental risk factors and health Outcomes in Delhi: a causal loop approach” at the 6th International Conference on Public Health and Wellbeing 2024

• Best Research in Urban and Regional Planning, Award in Aug 2019 by IJRULA, Best Paper Award in ICSE 2019 by Mobius Foundation, UNESCO and Climate Reality project on “Education of Sustainability: Policy Intervention in India” paper.

• Selected to be a contributing author in UCCRN’s Third Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3.3)

• Invited to take special lectures on GIS and Remote Sensing in IGDTUW in June 2023 Summer Internship Programme