1) The document discusses building urban climate resilience in Indian cities, focusing on Surat city as a case study. 2) Surat has experienced both chronic stresses like rapid urbanization and migration as well as acute shocks like the 1994 plague and 2006 floods. 3) A resilience approach is needed that acts on multiple fronts simultaneously through long-term, integrated strategies to address issues like water management, affordable housing, social cohesion, and more.

1. “MAINSTREAMING URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN INDIAN CITIES”
Understanding Urban Resilience : Surat City
April 7, 2017, New Delhi, India
Climate Change & Its Impact on Economy
‘…the earth has
enough resources to
meet people’s needs,
but will never have
enough to satisfy
people’s greed…’
‘…the earth has enough
resources to meet
people’s needs, but will
never have enough to
satisfy people’s greed…’
Resilience approach is to Act on several fronts in a focused manner
simultaneously representing multi-pronged, long term and integrated
strategies

2. Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia 2016 Resilient Surat
Surat Context
• Coastal City on Tapi Riverbank
• 326.5 sq. kms. and 5 million+ people
• Avg family income US$ 7400+ highest in India.
• ACCCRN, GoI Smart City & 100RC City
• 8th largest city in India, Migration
• 80% world’s Diamond production
• Daily 40 million mts of synthetic fabric
• Resilient Poof and Bouncing Back
• Plague 1994
• Historic Flood 2006
• Surat Urbanization Challenges
• Per Capita Demand Rise
• Management of Multipurpose Dam
• ‘Siloed Approach’ across all stakeholders
• Finance, Capacity & Roles
• Awareness among Immigrants
• Stakeholders Disconnect (SMC, Civil
society, Private Sectors & Poor)
o Historic Flood 2006

3. Early Warning System UHCRC 100RC-Surat
• Improved Reservoir operation to
minimize peak floods,
• Better preparation of institutes &
society to handle flood
• Protecting public health & safety
• Enhancing living environment
quality.
• Developing center of excellence in
urban health & climate resilience
• Understanding Surat’s resilience and
its strength and weakness.
• Identifying areas of strength and
weakness, and articulating the city’s
priorities for resilience building
through specific initiatives.
The strategy will continue to be refined
and updated as initiatives get
implemented and the city’s resilience
priorities evolve.
Urban Resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems within a city to survive,
adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.
Erstwhile Network of 10
Asian Cities, 4 Countries, 3
Indian Cities Surat, Indore,
Gorakhpur : 10 UCCR Action
Areas
Outcome of ACCCRN is Surat
Climate Change Trust

4. Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia 2016 Resilient Surat

5. WorkingTeamStakeholdersEngagementsPreResilience
Assessment
Surat:Phase1
EngagementPlan

6. Sr. Name Designation and Organisation
1 Ms. Asmita Shiroya City Mayor, Surat
2 Mr. M. Thennarasan, IAS Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation
3 Mr. M. Nagarajan, IAS CEO, Surat Smart City Development Ltd.
4 Ms. Ardra Agrawal, IAS Managing Director, Dakshin Gujarat Vidyut Company Limited
5 Dr. KLN Rao, IPS Jt Commissioner of Police, Surat City
6 Dr. Dakshesh Thaker Vice-Chancellor, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat
7 Mr. Jatin Shah Advisor, Surat Municipal Corporation
8 Mr. Jivan Patel Deputy Commissioner (Planning), Surat Municipal Corporation
9 Mr. C. Y. Bhatt Deputy Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation
10 Dr. Hemant Desai Deputy Commissioner (Health and Hospital), SMC
11 Mr. P. K. Dutta Senior Town Planner, Surat Urban Development Agency
12 Mr. S.R. Mahakal Superintendent Engineer ,Irrigation Circle, Surat
13 Dr. Satyakam Joshi Director, Center for Social Studies, Surat
14 Mr. B. S. Agrawal President, Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry
15 Mr. Mathur Sawani Chairman, Saurastra Jaldhara Trust (NGO)
16 Mr. Velji Sheta Chairman, CREDAI, Gujarat
17 Mr. Jitubhai Vakharia President, South Gujarat Textile Processors Association
18 Mr. Dinesh Navadia President, Surat Diamond Association
19 Mr. Manoj Agrawal President, Federation of Surat Textlie Traders' Association
20 Mr. Maqsood Shaikh Senior Vice President, Gujarat Gas Ltd.
21 Mr. Kashyap Desai Vice President,Torrent Power Ltd.
22 Mr. Sharad Kapadia Surat Citizens Council Trust (NGO)
23 Mr. P. N. Makwana, GAS Resident Deputy Collector, Surat District
23 Mr. Abhishek Lengade Chief Officer, Hazira Notified Area
100RC-Surat Steering Committee

7. SuratStrategy:Phase1and2

8. Resilience Surat City : Indicators & Discovery Areas
(ISO 37120 : 2014)
• Minimal human vulnerability
• Diverse livelihoods and employment
• Adequate safeguards to Life
• Collective identity
• Social stability and security
• Availability of financial resources
• Reduced physical exposure
• Continuity of critical services
• Reliable communications and mobility
• Effective leadership and management
• Empowered stakeholders
• Integrated development planning
Mobility &
Connectivity
Affordable
Housing
Water
Resources
Economy Eco-
Environment
Social
Cohesion
Urban Health

9. Areas Research Awareness Enforcement Implementation
Monitors &
Incubators
Improve mobility
and connectivity
through research
Road safety
awareness by
education & training
Law enforcement for
traffic management
Ensure safer road
infrastructure
Traffic Cell
CEPT, SVNIT
Spatial assessment
of demand & supply
of affordable housing
Awareness to
improve outlook and
maintenance of
affordable housing
Engineering &
technological
intervention for
affordable housing
TP & Slum
SVNIT
Qualitative &
quantitative research
monitoring for city
water resources
Awareness
generation & water
education to citizens
Pollution control
guidelines at
community &
industrial levels.
Water quality
standard
Innovative
intervention for
water supply &
quality
Hydraulic
VNSGU, SCET
Diversified business
sector &
opportunities
Skill development
through training &
capacity building
UCD
SGCCI,
VNSGU
Research on Urban
Climate Change
Resilience
Citizen awareness
about urban eco-
system
Regulation and
enforcement for
environment laws
Innovative urbanism
tactics for balanced
eco-system
Environment
TIFAC
Research on local &
regional social
cohesion
Social cohesion
through awareness
generation
Cultural
CSS, SCOPA
Research on
healthier citizens in
healthy city
Public health
awareness
Health
UHCRC
Resilient Surat : 21 Goals….65 Initiatives

10. Training Delivery of Post-Disaster Safety Assessments
Catastrophe Risk Analysis and Training
Critical Asset Data Management
Extreme Weather, Marine, and Flood Forecasting
Pre-feasibility and feasibility study support
Coastal and River Basin City Flooding Risk Reduction
Capacity building and training for SMEs
Developing & Implementing Building Standards
Infrastructure Assessment and Risk Management
Standard Ortho-Ready Satellite Imagery with Land Use
and Elevation Model
Community Air Quality Monitoring
Health Impact Assessment
Cyber Resilience Best Practice and Strategy
Waste Reduction Strategies
All Shocks and Stresses Risk Assessment
Child Poverty and Rights Protection
Child Health and Nutrition
Early Education Capacity Building
Social Intelligence Training to enhance Cohesion
Water, Wastewater, Energy & Solid Waste Management
Incremental Seismic Retrofit of Existing Buildings
Energy Assurance Assessment
City Creditworthiness Initiative
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13. • Principle of subsidiarity can increase autonomy and resilience
• When disaster/stress strikes “ you are on your own”, so build resilience from
both ends ( Top down and Vice versa)
• Most of current Surat’s challenges interlinked and require inclusive solutions
• We cannot go on asking for more resources
• Most of the hierarchical, rule based solutions by government have failed
• We must aim at win-win for majority of stakeholder groups
• Locked-in infrastructure is increasing our vulnerability
• Boundary walls do not protect us
• Individual and disparate coping measures increase vulnerability
• 20th Century urban management paradigms unable to address 21st Century
contexts
• Increase resource options
Lessons Learnt : Surat

14. SCCT : Way Forward
SCCT has capacity to contribute in Strengthening Institutional and Community Resilience
in Surat in following manner :
• Linkages between disaster reduction and adaptation
• Adaptation agenda to adopt goal of “climate proofing & resilience building”
• Priority for disaster risk assessment and early warning capacities
• Greater coherence and mutually reinforcing policies
• Mechanism for building bridges, sharing information, developing institutional
capacities and policy tools at Community, State & National Level
• Holistic Approach to manage all shocks and stresses for DM
• Convergence of all actions, assets to manage areawise manmade or natural shocks
and stresses.
• SCCT strives to become “Centre of Excellence in Urban Resilience”
A city is only as strong as its weakest link.
Thank You!!