Climate-Resilient Strategies for Urban Floods & Heat Hazards in Assam

CSTEP will co-develop evidence-based, phased adaptation pathways in Assam,  by combining hyper-local flood-risk mapping with blue-green interventions, emphasizing feedback loops and co-benefits in the two towns. The adaptation pathways will be developed through scenario planning to explore short-, medium-, and long-term climate adaptation options, enabling cities to anticipate and prepare for a range of future conditions. Based on this analysis, actionable spatial layers will be developed to support urban planners and integrated into the Climate Resilience Assessment Tool (CRAT) for scenario-based planning. In parallel, the capacity-building efforts will involve developing modules and knowledge of products to help mainstream climate-adaptive urban planning into infrastructure and master-planning processes. Additionally, CSTEP will also model and assess the cascading impacts under climate hazards to develop risk-informed strategies for sustainable urban development in Silchar and Dibrugarh.

 

 

1. Integrate climate risk into urban planning and infrastructure development (baseline flood and heat mapping)
2. Using low-cost sensors to monitor water levels, flooding, and outlet dynamics
3. Co-create digital decision-support tools for climate-risk-informed urban planning.
4. Strengthen institutional capacity for climate-responsive action- capacity building.
5. Generate bottom-up evidence from Silchar and Dibrugarh to guide state-wide climate integration.

 

 

The key activities under this project are outlined below.

 

1. Surface and Groundwater Diagnostics.
2. Climate Risk Assessments and a Dashboard
3. Co-designing of blue-green infrastructure strategies and ecosystem-based climate adaptation solutions,
4. Conduct Climate Capacity Building Modules

 

1. Preliminary baseline reports for Silchar and Dibrugarh, providing a foundation for targeted resilience planning, climate action, and urban interventions.
2. Comprehensive diagnostic report for each city that captures spatial disparities, institutional challenges, and actionable recommendations for integrated urban flood management.
3. Co-development of a city-specific web-based climate risk assessment tool (CRAT) to visualise climate risk and guide intervention prioritisation to equip Silchar and Dibrugarh with data and tools to understand mid- to long-term climate risks and identify priority interventions.