Ben BansalLiterary non-fiction from IndiaUsing Rana Dasgupta’s Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi for my Global Cities class is a double-edged sword. I wonder…Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018
Ben BansalBlog-o-versaryIt’s been five years to the day that I started writing this blog, in Tokyo. Herewith a look back at some of the highlights and ideas for…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Ben BansalGreenwashing?I attended a short event at UNU here in Tokyo the other day. Erik Solheim, head of the UN’s Environmental Programme, conversed with the…Sep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
Ben BansalTokyo population distributionBelow see some interesting tables I have spotted in a research report and of which I want a record somewhere, so why not on this blog? The…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Ben BansalTokyo inequalities — housingWhat happens to urban equity when a city grows extremely fast? Next up in the urban inequality series is a post on Tokyo’s historical…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Ben BansalTokyo housing supplyTokyo’s skyline is set to see 45 new skyscrapers by the 2020 Olympics, Bloomberg reports. Such heightened construction activity is seen as…May 4, 2017May 4, 2017
Ben BansalTokyo inequalities — introductionWhat follows is the first post in a series on manifestations of inequality in postwar Tokyo. In these, I plan to cover living conditions…Apr 22, 2017Apr 22, 2017
Ben BansalNotes on the research industryI have been meaning to stay on top of developments in the EU regarding paid-for investment research. It looks as if Sam and I could have…Apr 12, 2017Apr 12, 2017
Ben BansalTokyo’s expansion seen from the 70sThis interesting paper was published in Comprehensive Urban Study (sogo toshi kenkyuu) in 1978. Its two parts (one written in 1972 and the…Mar 25, 2017Mar 25, 2017
Ben BansalUrbanization with and without growthI want to use this blog as a notepad for the most important papers that I come across during my PhD work. One of them looks at the causal…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017