Manish Chalana's Homepage

M a n i s h C h a l a n a

Hello, and welcome to my Homepage.

A little bit about me: I am an Assistant Professor in the Urban Design and Planning Department in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. I am a multidisiplinary design and planning professional, with interests in Urban Design, Cultural Resource Management, International Planning and Development, and Historic Preservation.

For more detail about my work, please see my CV (last updated July 2013).

Teaching Resources

Course resources:

Notable student work:

Career Advice for Students

What can I do with a Planning Degree?
What is Historic Preservation Planning? One view; another view.

Research Resources

Select publications:

Chandigarh: City and Periphery (2014)
Integrating Preservation and Hazard Mitigation for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Seattle (2013) Joint with J Wiser.
Making Way for a Global Metropolis: Mumbai's Rapidly Transforming Informal Sector (2013)
Beyond Le Corbusier and the Modernist City: Reframing Chandigarh's "World Heritage" Legacy (2013) Joint with T Sprague.
Of Mills and Malls: The Future of Urban Industrial Heritage in Neo-liberal Mumbai (2012)
The Deliberate Designer: Integrating Research and Design into an Interdisciplinary Design Studio (2012) Joint with T Sprague and K Yocom.
With Heritage So Wild: Cultural Landscape Inventory in the US National Parks (2011)
Slumdogs vs. Millionaires: Balancing Urban Informality and Global Modernity in Mumbai, India (2010)
Redefining Delhi's Heritage beyond the Monuments and Sites Framework (2009)
The Pay Streak Spectacle: Representations of Race and Gender in the Amusement Quarters of the AYP Exposition (2009)

Departmental and Research Institute affiliations:

Landscape Architecture
South Asia Center (Jackson School of International Studies)
WISER (UW Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Sexuality)