Green growth benefits for climate and disaster resilience: concerns for urban and infrastructure systems. Position paper
This paper explores the option of green growth approach to ensure minimal disruption and damage from disasters to society. This is a socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and flexible development model that will increase disaster resilience without compromising on economic growth. In particular, the paper focuses on urban growth and urban infrastructure.
A larger proportion of population growth, economic growth and infrastructure investments are expected to occur in cities in the coming decades, creating the need for greater disaster resilience to safeguard urban development. Green growth can provide additionalities to fill gaps in the existing urban disaster management cycle.
Successful cases of green growth in various urban sectors have been analysed to theorize the best-fit of green growth approaches to Indian cities. Particularly, convergence opportunities with existing Government of India urban development schemes have been noted to help mainstream and scale up green growth for disaster risk reduction.
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