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Figure 1: The National Urban Policy (NUP) process. implementation. The pillars
and phases can subsequently
be adapted and modified
according to the local context
to develop an integrated
urban policy.
WAY FORWARD FOR
URBAN RESILIENCE
BUILDING
With almost44% of India’s
carbon emissions having
urban origins (NIUA, 2020),
climate action planning is
imperative to enhance the
resilience of Indian cities. The
New Urban Agenda (NUA), in
its section on ‘Urban Ecology
and Resilience’, highlights the
need for resilient development
specifically in the next
decade as 70% of the urban
infrastructure demand is yet
Source: UN-Habitat, 2015 to be achieved (UN-Habitat
2015). In India, the NUP
The NUP process (UN- an assessment of human, framework is currently being
Habitat 2015) is based on financial and institutional finalised and cities should
three key pillars which should capacities should be endeavour to implement
be utilized and implemented conducted to ensure that this framework actively.
throughout all the stages a NUP is successfully The framework outlines
of developing a NUP to developed, implemented, an integrated approach for
contribute to the overarching and monitored and evaluated urban planning by analysing
sustainability and by all governments. In the key challenges and priorities
effectiveness of the policy. In third pillar of ‘Acupuncture for the management of
the first pillar ‘Participation’, projects’, it is important to cities. Such an integrated
it is imperative to integrate identify which small-scale approach is imperative for
participatory processes projects or interventions will urban resilience building
and climate proofing urban
throughout the formation of have a great impact within infrastructure.
policy and the way of public the resources available and
engagement alters the degree will help in grounding the The Ministry of Housing &
to which their inputs are policy. This also promotes Urban Affairs (MoHUA),
ultimately reflected in the an interactive and dynamic Govt. of India has also recently
policy. In the second pillar design process as the policy released the National Mission
‘Capacity Development’, it can be revised if challenges for Sustainable Habitat
has been highlighted that are encountered during (NMSH) 2.0. The mission
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