Strengthening Cities for Inclusive Climate Adaptation
2022
this secondary research aided in mapping and profiling the informal settlements across Dharwad. A stakeholder consultation workshop was also conducted to glean insights from different city stakeholders working on the themes relevant to this study (urbanisation, informal settlements, climate change, gender). Anchoring on the secondary research and the perceptions gathered through the workshop, a few pilot settlements were selected for further exploration. This led to a deeper understanding of the urbanisation, climate change, and informality nexus in urban poor settlements, the ensuing vulnerabilities of this nexus, and the existing grass root efforts that respond to these vulnerabilities. These findings were collated at the household, settlement, and settlement-city scales, which revealed entry points to possible adaptation/ mitigation measures in these scales. Figure 1: Research design
The study also developed illustrative examples of adaptation strategies for two of the pilot settlements.
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