1. PLANNING RESILIENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) May
Alpa Sheth

2. HAZARDS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING RESHAPED BY…

3. Urbanisation

4. Climate Change

5. Environmental degradation

6. New growth Industries

7. #4 Substantially reduce damage and increase resilience to critical infrastructure esp. health and educational facilities

9. THINKING,
FAST AND SLOW
FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

10. RISKS
KNOWN KNOWN
KNOWN UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

11. BHOPAL 1984 GAS TRAGEDY POP. 1.75M UTTARAKHAND 2013 LANDSLIDES
SRINAGAR FLOODS 1.2 M 7M
CHENNAI 2015 FLOODS
AHMEDABAD 2001 EQ.
5.5 M
NAGAPATTINAM 2004
TSUNAMI 1.6 M KU UU KU UU KK KK

12. BY 2050, 60% INDIANS IN CITIES. HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS POOR CONSTRUCTION
UNCHECKED GROWTH

13. DISCONNECT BETWEEN POLICY AND OPERATIONS

15. Environment Impact Study?
350 m width narrowed to 275m
NIH AND IITR report says incorrect capacity calculations
Flooding.

16. Post 2012 fire Mumbai Mantralaya refurbished for over Rs. 200 crores
But no seismic retrofit

17. RISK PERCEPTION
DRR INITIATIVES

18. financial resources * infrastructure * capacity to manage growth
B & C TIER CITIES- CHALLENGES FOR RESILIENCE
POOR
financial resources * infrastructure * capacity to manage growth

19. Plan development in a robust and rigorous manner
Provide safe, affordable infrastructure & services
Regulate building design and construction
Regulate hazardous activities

20. Influence land availability & construction methods
Encourage community actions towards risk reduction;
Provide adequate disaster preparedness and response systems incl early warning systems

22. IDENTIFYING CRITICAL SYSTEMS
Urban infrastructure - water, sanitation, energy, communications and transportation systems
to be developed on a robust design that builds on
investments in risk information,
strategic communication,
cross-sectoral coordination, and
a well-planned response and recovery strategy.

23. CRITICAL SYSTEMS TO FAIL GRACEFULLY

24. APPROACH TO RISKS NEEDS TO..
Be robust but flexible to unknown and uncertain risks rather than “fixed, optimal engineering approach”
Avoid being locked in financing large-scale investments that might prove obsolete with change in future risks

25. RISK AUDIT BY SDMA IN ALL DEPARTMENTS FOR MAINSTREAMING OF DRR, ESPECIALLY IN UDD AND MCs
“EMBEDDING” DRR expert in UDD and MCs

26. Tools for Urban Resilience
Risk Assessment
Risk-Based Land Use Planning
Urban Ecosystem Management
Urban Upgrading
Community and Stakeholder Participation
Disaster Management Systems
Data Gathering, Analysis and Application
Risk Financing and Transfer Approaches.