Books
Media Engagement/Articles
Zaha Hadid: even more than her buildings, it’s her mind that left its mark
April 1, 2021
Smart for whom? A tale of smarter cities
Oct 22, 2020 (Podcast)
Ssssh: As cities surge, some seek a new aim – peace and quiet
Oct 18, 2019 (Interview contribution)
In India’s cities, life is lived on the streets – how coronavirus changed that
April 16, 2020
Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient – but for citizens’ sake they need to slow down
April 24, 2019
Book Chapters
- Rajendran L.P., Odeleye N., Kyriazopoulos-Berinde R. (2020) Being and Becoming: Emerging Relationalities with Space/Place and Socio-Technical Geographies. In: Rajendran L., Odeleye N. (eds) Mediated Identities in the Futures of Place: Emerging Practices and Spatial Cultures. Springer Series in Adaptive Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06237-8_1
- Fazel M., Rajendran L.P. (2020) Media Technologies: From Transcending Space to Socio-formative Spheres. In: Rajendran L., Odeleye N. (eds) Mediated Identities in the Futures of Place: Emerging Practices and Spatial Cultures. Springer Series in Adaptive Environments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06237-8_2
- Odeleye N., Rajendran L.P. (2020) Conceptualising Locational, Relational and Virtual Realities. In: Rajendran L., Odeleye N. (eds) Mediated Identities in the Futures of Place: Emerging Practices and Spatial Cultures. Springer Series in Adaptive Environments. Springer, Cham: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06237-8_14
- Odeleye N.D., Rajendran L.P. (2020) Mediated Identities in the Futures of Place—Towards a Conceptual Frame?. In: Rajendran L., Odeleye N. (eds) Mediated Identities in the Futures of Place: Emerging Practices and Spatial Cultures. Springer Series in Adaptive Environments. Springer, Cham: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06237-8_15
- Rajendran L.P. (2019) An Interdisciplinary Socio-spatial Approach Towards Studying Identity Constructions in Multicultural Urban Spaces. In: Ye X., Liu X. (eds) Cities as Spatial and Social Networks. Human Dynamics in Smart Cities. Springer, Cham. http://doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-319-95351-9_7
- Rajendran, L.P.Walker, S. and Parnell, R.(2014) Four Themes to (Phenomenologically) Understand contemporary Urban Spaces , Benz, Peter,Ed Designing Experience: Positions & Approaches .London :Bloomsbury Academic, Ed. Bloomsbury Publishing,pp.149-170,ISBN:9781472569394 (peer-reviewed)
Journal Papers
- (Forthcoming) Odendaal, N., Rajendran, L., Can, A. and Loma, J., Resilience-informed Urban planning and development in the Global South: A critical commentary. Special Issue: Planning theories from the Global South in the ‘Conversations in Planning Theory and Practice’ AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Publishing
- (Forthcoming) Rajendran L.P., Anjumuthu A. The mundane and (extra)ordinary public spaces in India: Examining the impact of COVID-19 pandemic through an everyday lens in Chennai city, In : Melik R., on Doucet B., & Filion P. (eds) Global Reflections on COVID-19: Urban Inequalities. Policy Press
- McClymont, K., Fernandes Cunha, D. G., Maidment, C., Ashagre, B., Vasconcelos, A. F., Batalini de Macedo, M., Nóbrega dos Santos, M. F., Gomes Júnior, M. N., Mendiondo, E. M., Barbassa, A. P., Rajendran, L.P, & Imani, M. (2020). Towards urban resilience through Sustainable Drainage Systems: A multi-objective optimisation problem. Journal of Environmental Management, 275, 111173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111173
- Rajendran, L.P., Boyko, C.T., Coulton, C.J.,Hale, J.D., Cooper, R.F.D (2020).A Socio-Spatial Approach to Enable Inclusive Well-Being in Cities: A Case Study of Birmingham, UK. Soc. Sci., 9, 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9060109
- Mahdizadeh, S. and Rajendran, L.P (2018) A renewed approach to conservation policy of Historical Gardens in Iran, Landscape Research, Landscape Research Group Taylor and Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2017.1413176
- Rajendran, L.P (Sep 2017). Integrating Cultural Ecosystem Services (CUES) and Green Infrastructure (GI) development for enabling health and well-being in urban environment, Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society , Conference proceedings, 13 – 14 September 2017, Leeds Beckett University
- Rajendran, L.P. (Jan 2016). Incidental spaces as a potential for creating a sense of place and identity in urban environment, Proceedings of the ICE–Urban Design and Planning, ICE Publishing, London.ISSN 1755-0793 | E-ISSN 1755-0807DOI: 10.1680/jurdp.15.00028
- Fazel,M. and Rajendran, L.P.(2015). Image of place as a byproduct of medium; Understanding media and place through casestudy of Foursquare, City, Culture and Society, Elsevier, Vol 6, Issue 1, pp.19-33, ISSN: 1877-9166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2014.10.002
- Rajendran, L.P.Walker, S. and Parnell,R.(2014) An interdisciplinary framework of analysis of identity constructions in urban environment , Review of Social Studies, London Centre for Social Studies, UK. Vol 1 No 1, pp. 75-92, ISSN NO: 205-448X
- Rajendran, L.P.(2013) Everyday landscape and meaning in urban living, Agathos: An International Review of the Humanities and Social Sciences,Vol4-2.pp.120-131, ISSN 2069-1025
- Rajendran, L.P. Walker, S. and Parnell, R. (2013).‘The dialectic of place and passage of time in urban living’, “Time”: Kaleidoscope, An Interdisciplinary Journal of Institute of Advanced Study ,Durham University, UK pp.132-145.ISSN1757-8137
- Rajendran, L.P.Walker, S.and Parnell, R. (2013) Understanding identity construction in urban environment through a triadic interdisciplinary lens , in Research in Social Change Journal(RSC), No5, Issue3, September 2013, pp.213-236, Slovenia. ISSN1855-4148
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