Table 1. The gaps in climate resilience components in government’s urban missions.
Mission / Initiative | Infrastructure | Gaps in Climate resilience |
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Smart City | Water supply, sanitation and waste management, urban mobility and public transport, health and education, electricity, affordable housing, robust IT and digitization | Lacks assessment of urban climate vulnerability, future impacts and resilience measures in defining smart city features, strategy and proposal preparation guidelines crucial to planning, infrastructure, buildings, health, etc. |
AMRUT | Water supply, sewerage facilities and septage management, storm water drains, green spaces, parks and recreation centres, parking spaces and pedestrians non-motorized public transport | Provision of open spaces and transportation facilities lacks resistance to floods, heat, sea-level rise, landslides, etc. The refurbishment of old infrastructure and creation of new one lacks strengthening/ coping mechanisms to endure foreseeable climate impacts. The water supply, drainage and sewerage management infrastructure lack mandatory reforms provision for water recycling and harvesting. |
HRIDAY | Sanitation toilets, drinking water facilities, solid waste management, traffic management, street furniture, public transport and parking | Creation of new facilities lack pre-audits for engineering resilience against future climate impacts. |
Housing for ALL (Urban) | Civic amenities and infrastructure | There is no mandatory provision to protect buildings and civic infrastructure against climate induced natural disasters |
Swachh Bharat Mission | Urban households toilets, community toilets, public toilets and urinals, solid waste management | Creation of new facilities lack pre-audits for engineering resilience against future climate impacts. |
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