SOLOMON BENJAMIN

India

Solomon Benjamin is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and co-chairs their newly established Urban Research and Policy Program (URPP). Till recently, he was at the University of Toronto’s Dept of Political Science. He has a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning (1996). Benjamin’s recent research focuses on his concept of ‘Occupancy Urbansim’ and looks at Indian and Chinese Urbanism. At NIAS he coordinates a research on Bangalore’s wetlands and their local governance and economy.

Essays on Cluster:
The Nomadic City Appropriates the Street
Neighbourhood as Factory