Socio-Economic, Climatic and Ecological Transformation and Sustainability

Professor Subhash Anand is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He specializes in ecological issues in development, sustainability, geoheritage, geotourism, agricultural development, and urban environmental issues. With more than 28 years of teaching and research experience, he has published 15 books and over 125 research papers, articles, and chapters in journals and edited volumes. His notable academic assignments include serving as the Series Editor of Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Associate Editor‑in‑Chief of the International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, and Co‑Chair of the Commission on Geoheritage of the International Geographical Union. Professor Anand is also the Vice‑President of the Indian Geographical Society.

Professor Surender Kumar is a Senior Professor in the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He has previously served as the Head of the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics and as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Delhi. His research interests include environmental and resource economics, climate change, and energy Economics. He has authored 5 books and published more than 80 papers in academic journals, including Agricultural Economics, European Journal of Law and Economics, and Ecological Economics, among others.

Professor Shouraseni Sen Roy completed her pre‑doctoral studies at the University of Delhi, where she earned B.A., M.A., and M.Phil. degrees. She received her Ph.D. from Arizona State University, USA, in 2005 and joined the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of Miami as a faculty member the same year. Over the past two decades, Professor Sen Roy’s primary research focus has been on improving the understanding of long‑term trends in climatic processes through a spatial lens. Her methodological approach is grounded in extensive spatial analysis, employing advanced geo-statistical techniques to examine patterns in climatic variables. More recently, her research interests have expanded to include the study of crime patterns in South Florida.