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April, 2010
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The Rockefeller Foundation's Asian cities Climate Change Resilience Network initiative is a collective experiment with a range of activities that will together improve the ability of the cities to withstand, prepare for and recover from the projected impacts of climate change.
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April, 2010
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The interventions in the cities of Indore and Surat include raising awareness of climate variability and climate change risks, developing city-specific vision strategies and scenarios for informed decision making.
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November, 2010
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With the intention to address problems such as repetitive floods, high population density and lack of safe and adequate water supply, the Surat Climate Change Trust was established to engage in policy advocacy regarding urbanization and climate change.
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April, 2011
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This document is prepared with the aim of providing a framework for the development of a climate resilience strategy for the city of Surat. It has been developed through continued interactions with city stakeholders, sector studies conducted to understand different dimensions of the current...
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July, 2013
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July, 2013
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This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, a city located on the Tapi River. It faces flood risks not only from the heavy precipitation in and around the city, but also from heavy precipitation upstream and high tides downstream. Reducing the risks depends on better water...
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November, 2013
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This synthesis report considers the effort undertaken in India over the last years and showcases the evidence from cities involved in developing the City Resilience Strategy and practical interventions adopted to create urban resilience.
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October, 2015
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The impacts of climate change in India are predicted to increase migration from rural villages and hazard-prone regions of the country to its cities. Migrant workers in urban contexts are considered one of the most vulnerable social groups to climate change risks, specifically to livelihood...
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April, 2016
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Urban health is the recent agenda in India. While it’s in developmental phase need to consider climate change in urban health planning have strongly emerged. Due to its location, socio demographic profile, industrialisation, floods and climate events Surat city is vulnerable to climate...
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May, 2016
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Climate change and health hazards can be tackled by developing potential of adolescents from urban slums. The paper describes profile of adolescents in slums of flood vulnerable Surat city along with their climate change inclusive health perspective. Mixed methods were used: survey, focused...
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