Aman Luthra

- Title:
- Assistant Professor
- Faculty:
- Assistant
- Address:
- Samson Hall
2036 H St., NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20052
United States - Email:
- [email protected]
Areas of Expertise
Political Ecology
Economic Geography
Urban Infrastructure
Waste Management
Informal Sector
Education
2015 Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
2004 M.A. and M.P.A. Syracuse University
2001 B.S. University of Maine at Machias
Publications
Luthra, A. (2020). Efficiency in waste collection markets: Changing relationships between firms, informal workers and the state in urban India. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 52(7): 1375-1394. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X20913011
Luthra, A. (2020). Housewives and maids: The labor of household recycling in urban India. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848620914219
Luthra, A. (2018). Municipalization for privatization’s sake: Municipal solid waste collection services in India. Society and Business Review 14(2): 135-154. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-11-2017-0102
Luthra, A. (2018). ‘Old habits die hard’: Discourses of urban filth in the Swachh Bharat Mission and The Ugly Indian. Journal of Multicultural Discourses 13(2): 120-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2018.1467917
Luthra, A. (2017). Waste-to-energy and recycling: Competing systems of waste management in urban India. Economic and Political Weekly 52(13): 51-58.
Classes Taught
GEOG 3195 - Political Ecology
GEOG 6293 - Political Ecology