Urban Wetlands Are Not Wastelands; They Are Essential For Net-Zero and Climate Resilient Cities
Conserving urban wetlands and integrating them into communities is extremely crucial for India’s carbon sequestration and climate resilience goals.
Adaptation and Urban Resilience
The City as a Laboratory – Urban Living Labs for Resilience Planning
Transitions Research hosted our first dialogue in our series Talking About Transitions on Urban Living Labs. This blog highlights some of the key takeaways from our event held in July 2022
Climate Adaptation in Resilient Cities: Explorations in South Asia
Transitions Research and Forum for the Future organised a workshop at the Global Gobeshona Conference in March 2022 to explore how scenarios of different climate adaptation strategies could transpire.
A city on a marsh: Why Indian coastal cities need to design and build with nature
Recent construction and urban expansion in Panaji have exacerbated the city’s risk to floods. On World Water Day, this commentary stresses on the importance of living within the ecosystem and promoting nature-based solutions in urban development.
Flood Mitigation Plan: Panaji
This thematic plan on Urban Flooding examines the causes of urban flooding in Panaji and explores sustainable nature based solutions for mitigation and provide a road map to achieve resilience
St Inez Creek Rejuvenation Plan
This plan outlines major issues in the planning and management of the St Inez Creek and sets out a broad framework for creating a common vision for the rejuvenation of the St Inez Creek
Nature-based Solutions for Panaji: A Toolkit
This toolkit aims to support planners and urban decision makers on how to implement nature-based solutions in Panaji with lessons for other coastal cities
Nature-based solutions hold key for urban India’s sustainable development
Indian cities today are suffering from unsustainable urbanisation, climate change, biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystem services.
Hyderabad Floods: How a Global Vision for Indian Cities Has Compromised Liveability
This article looks at how rapid civil infrastructure development has compromised the city’s ability to deal with disasters like floods.
Monsoon Academy: Planning for Climate Resilience in Urban Areas
This Course Handbook from our Monsoon Academy aims to enable individual and group learning on the core concepts, applications and practical toolkit for climate adaptation solutions.