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Aman Gupta

About


Designation: Research Scholar
Degree: Ph. D.
Fellowship: Institute Fellowship
Enrollment No.: 2022APP001, Date: 04 Aug 2022
Registration No.: 2023APPR004, Date: 31 Jul 2023Supervisor: Bhaskar De

Academic Qualification

1. PhD (submitted)  in Architecture & Planning; Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, India

2. PG Diploma in Urban Planning and Development, 2024; IGNOU, New Delhi

3. Master of Technology (Geospatial Engineering for urban applications), 2019–2021; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India

4. Bachelor of Architecture, 2013–2018; National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, India


Research Area


Topic: Geospatial approaches for blue-green infrastructure strategies to enhance urban cooling

Urban heat island studies, Remote sensing and GIS, Urban climate studies, Land surface dynamics, Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) planning, Outdoor thermal comfort, Urban morphology, Sustainable Urban Planning, Land management


Skills


Website: 

https://sites.google.com/view/amangupta1/home?authuser=0
  1. Geospatial data analysis
  2. Geospatial planning
  3. Architecture planning
  4. Urban and environmental data analysis
  5. Academic writing
  6. Problem solving

Awards


  1. Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) International Travel Support Grant (to Barcelona, Spain), Issued by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2024
  2. International Travel Grant (to Florence, Italy), Global Alumni Association of Bengal Engineering & Science University (GAABESU), 2023
  3. International Travel Grant, IIEST Shibpur, 2023
  4. GATE Fellowship, MHRD, India, 2019

Publications


Publications (List of papers published in SCI Journals)

1. Enhancing the city-level thermal environment through the strategic utilization of urban green spaces employing geospatial techniques, International Journal of Biometeorology, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02733-2

2. Assessment of critical thermal characteristics and land surface dynamics of an Indian metropolitan city, Journal of Water & Climate Change, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2024.370

3. Blue space resilient urban planning to enhance severely distressed thermal environment, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2024  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103804

4. Vulnerability assessment of a highly populated megacity to ambient thermal stress, Sustainability, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16083395

5. A systematic review on urban blue-green infrastructure in the south Asian region: recent advancements, applications, and challenges, Water Science & Technology, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.014

6. Optimal approaches in global warming mitigation and adaptation strategies at city scale, Discover Sustainability 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00497-8

7. Intra-city disparities in urban green space proximity and its association with infrastructures and demography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101724

8. Thermal hazards in urban spaces: A review of climate-resilient planning and design to reduce the heat stress, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102296

Article:

1. GIS for Governance in Town Planning and Land Management, Journal of the Indian Institute of Architects, November 2021, Available at: https://indianinstituteofarchitects.com/pdf/jiia/2021/Nov_2021.pdf

Conferences:

1. Climate resilient city planning using urban green-blue space resources to improve the thermal environment At the Urban Transitions Conference 2024, held in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, from 5th to 7th November 2024

2. A systematic review on urban blue-green infrastructure in the Indian subcontinent, Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD) 8th edition, Presented at University of Florence, Italy, 24th–26th Oct, 2023

3. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: A Case of Patna City in Bihar, National Conference Proceedings on Urban Interventions: Environmental, Social and Economic, NIT Raipur, 2nd–3rd Aug 2022, published Paper Available at: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Ewb2sUAAAAAJ&hl=en

Book chapters:

1. Improving Accessibility to Urban Blue-Green Spaces: A Case of Howrah, India, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_15

2. The Potential of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_10

3. Geomatics Approaches for Traffic Congestion Study, Book Title: Sustainable Development and Geospatial Technology, Springer Nature 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65683-5_11