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Pathways for Building Climate Resilient Cities

Many Indian cities are already vulnerable to climate change. The financial damage from extreme events, like floods, heat, and drought is likely to be staggering. The urban poor will bear much of the burden. But, cities also hold the key to altering this trajectory. This report explores pathways to build climate-resilient cities through the integration of blue, grey and green infrastructure.

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May 22, 2021

Many Indian cities are already vulnerable to climate change and cannot be described as climate-resilient. On one hand, the potential financial damage from extreme events, like floods, heat, and drought is likely to be staggering. The urban poor, in particular, will bear much of the burden. On the other hand, cities also hold the key to altering this trajectory. Because so much of the new development (much of it greenfield) will occur in and around existing urban areas, how we imagine and plan cities will be crucial to determining the future of our planet.

This report explores pathways to build climate-resilient cities through the integration of blue, grey and green infrastructure.

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Acknowledgements

Contributors: Shreya Nath, Sneha Singh, Shilpa Swaraj and Dr Veena Srinivasan 

The authors conducted this work when they were with the Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (CSEI-ATREE). WELL Labs is now taking it forward in collaboration with ATREE.

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