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Urban Civic Services Delivery and Climate Change Challenges: A Study of Two Indian Cities
Cities play an important role in sustainable development in the wake of the rising urban population and an increasing concentration of economic activities in urban areas. It is now well established that urban civic service delivery is vital for sustaining economic growth and human development. However, global climate change will increase resource scarcity, rising extreme weather events and demand for energy resources. It poses challenges to civic services delivery, which requires Indian cities to move towards a low carbon emission path. This requires adopting measures that make urban development sustainable in the long run while also developing robust urban infrastructure that reduces resource exploitation. This chapter analyses the current status of core urban civic services—water supply, sewerage, waste management, drainage, roads and streetlights—in two major Indian cities—Hyderabad and Pune—in light of climate change-induced challenges. The status of urban civic services in these cities underlines their vulnerability to climate change-induced risks like high rainfall and warm temperatures. The study points to the need to improve urban civic infrastructure systems in India by reforming and strengthening the city governments to cope with climate change-induced challenges.
Urban Civic Services Delivery and Climate Change Challenges: A Study of Two Indian Cities
Cities play an important role in sustainable development in the wake of the rising urban population and an increasing concentration of economic activities in urban areas. It is now well established that urban civic service delivery is vital for sustaining economic growth and human development. However, global climate change will increase resource scarcity, rising extreme weather events and demand for energy resources. It poses challenges to civic services delivery, which requires Indian cities to move towards a low carbon emission path. This requires adopting measures that make urban development sustainable in the long run while also developing robust urban infrastructure that reduces resource exploitation. This chapter analyses the current status of core urban civic services—water supply, sewerage, waste management, drainage, roads and streetlights—in two major Indian cities—Hyderabad and Pune—in light of climate change-induced challenges. The status of urban civic services in these cities underlines their vulnerability to climate change-induced risks like high rainfall and warm temperatures. The study points to the need to improve urban civic infrastructure systems in India by reforming and strengthening the city governments to cope with climate change-induced challenges.
Urban Civic Services Delivery and Climate Change Challenges: A Study of Two Indian Cities
Nautiyal, Sunil (editor) / Gupta, Anil Kumar (editor) / Goswami, Mrinalini (editor) / Imran Khan, Y. D. (editor) / Nallathiga, Ramakrishna (author) / Sridhar, Kala Seetharam (author)
The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-ecological Resilience in the Face of Climate Change ; Chapter: 24 ; 411-427
2023-09-02
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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