The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience and documented evidence with NbS in Indian cities and available knowledge on NbS models, impact measurement framework, and operations and maintenance methodologies are yet to be tailored or adapted to the Indian experience. To address...
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Walking Along the Mithi River: Five Opportunities To Improve Flood Resilience
The potential of urban nature-based solutions has yet to be fully realized in India. There is still limited awareness, experience and documented evidence with NbS in Indian cities and available knowledge on NbS models, impact measurement framework, and operations and maintenance methodologies are yet to be tailored or adapted to the Indian experience. The third...
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Urban Settlements on Its “Banks”
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The second photo essay, in the series, focuses on the urban settlements along the Mithi river. The “symptoms” observed call for a systemic approach in improving the health and flood resilience of the river. You can read the first...
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Its Riverine Ecosystem
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The first photo essay, in the series, is a description of a walk along the Mithi river, illustrating the condition of riverbanks and challenges in maintaining the river as a flood mitigation measure. Mumbai’s perennial struggle with routine waterlogging...
NIUA’s C-Cube and WRI India launch the India Forum for Nature-Based Solutions
This press release was originally published by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs through the Press Information Bureau The National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube), World Resources Institute India (WRI India) and their partners today launched India’s first national coalition platform for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) at the 11th World Urban...