Climate adaptation is a dynamic and complex process. This includes risk assessment, adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring at different scales. Adaptation strategies vary according to specific types of climate hazards, geographical scales, and time frames. However, limited knowledge while dealing with several uncertainties is a major challenge. CSTEP's scientific strategies can help policymakers design and prioritise adaptation measures to meet our climate agenda.
Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies: India
Ch 5: India in 'Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies' (The Urban Book Series).
Affordable Housing in Urban India
This policy briefs about the problems in urban areas and proposes solutions some highlights are here: Problem Highlight:
• 65 million Indians live in slums or substandard housing
• Prohibitive costs of private housing projects make them unaffordable
Proposed Solutions:
• Bank loans for purchasing land for affordable housing
• Reduce land costs through higher FSI/FAR provision
• Lower registration charges
• Shorter approval cycle
Creating Sustainable Urban Systems: Need for Redesigning Indicators for Urban Infrastructure and Services
The process of infrastructure project determination is often inadequate leading to outcomes that do not address the intended purpose and/or have unintended consequences. As the world and India commit towards charting a more sustainable development path, there is a need to take a ‘ relook’ at the outcomes of a project from a ‘sustainability’ perspective. This paper presents a framework which elaborates on key sustainable development principles in the context of urban development.
Technology Options for the Sanitation Value chain
The purpose of the compendium is to provide information on sanitation technologies from across the sanitation value chain The compendium details the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the different technology options, and also describes the different types of systems formed as a combination of the technologies, addressing all stages of the value chain These technologies have been included in the Technology Decision support Tool for Sanitation (SANITECH), developed by the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) The document was compiled based on literature re
An approach to regional planning in India
Urbanisation in India today is synonymous with booming unplanned and unsustainable mega cities .To mitigate the impact of this urban explosion and plan for the future, it is imperative to balance the demands of high growth on one hand and ensure sustainable growth on the other.
Integrating Gender in Sanitation
An Intersectionality-Informed Gender Integration Framework for Sanitation: Anantapur
The experiences and lessons from the city of Anantapur during implementation of gender inclusive sanitation project – “An Intersectionality-Informed Gender Integration Framework for Sanitation”
Introductory Session for Young Digital Leaders on SPOORTHI Platform
CSTEP conducted an introductory session to the SPOORTHI platform for selected young people (known as stewards) from Bengaluru's G Baiyappanahalli community. This one-stop platform would enable the community to 'log complaints' pertaining to water, sanitation, and public health (WASH). The platform will also track community priorities through a set of quality-of-life (QoL) indicators in the aforementioned sectors.
A new water policy: let’s get it right
Competing priorities of multiple stakeholders concerning water need to be managed while working towards a common vision of a water-secure future. Integrating the IWRM approach to the new state water policy will help achieve this objective and ensure that water management is efficient and sustainable.
A simple diagram could help your city manage water better. Here's how!
Non-Revenue Water (NRW) or unaccounted-for water is high in Indian cities because of outdated water systems, illegal connections, leakages, poor maintenance and lack of proper mapping of the distribution system. The average NRW in India is between 30 to 50%. Clearly, there is a gap in our management of water and the solution may lie in reconsidering how we look at water flow.