Nupur Joshi

Fellow, Climate Assessment for the Southwest

Nupur Joshi is a 2019 recipient of the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) Environment & Society Graduate Fellows Program.


Nupur is an urban geographer interested in studying urbanization and development in African and Indian cities. Her doctoral dissertation is based in low-income settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Through a mixed-methods approach, she is conducting a spatial analysis of informal water infrastructures (locally called 'water cartels') and their health implications on women. She conducts research with women community members, Nairobi County government officials, non-profit groups and cartels themselves, to understand water quality, affordability and accessibility issues.

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