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Policy Brief
District Disaster The Plan should enable detailing out and preparation of city/ micro-level emergency management and
Management Plan for North resilience plans, including strategies for community sensitization, SOPs, identification evacuation routes and
Goa and District Disaster gathering points, etc.
Management Plan for
South Goa Integration of disaster management as a key component of resilience planning, especially for risk reduction in
the case of climate change-induced extreme events.
Coastal Regulation Zone
Notification Strict enforcement and implementation of the coastal regulation zones.
Conclusion
This policy brief draws out possible entry points for integrating resilience measures into the state urban planning
framework in Goa. At the same time, the overarching lessons from the program hold true for many cities in India,
especially in the context of coastal states. The brief, therefore, is intended as a reference point for development
of similar state-level policy frameworks in other parts of the country. One of the challenges in operationalizing the
proposed road map would be in terms of the time taken to formulate and institutionalize the new policy, given its
cross-sectoral purview and the kind of inter-departmental coordination that would be required. TERI realizes that
such a change in the governance systems is a complex and time-consuming process. It may also not be possible to
bring about all the changes in one go and it is expected that the policy would have a relatively longer gestation period
of the outcomes. To this end, an incremental approach is required by identifying priority action points in a time-bound
and phased manner in terms of short-, mid, and long-term objectives and activities to be undertaken.
Besides, as this study reveals, there is no dearth of guidelines that cities could use to plan the systems effectively,
however, there is definitely a lack of technical capacity and manpower that needs to be taken into account. This will
include capacity building of not only the planners and decisionmakers but also the local communities. Moreover,
involvement of local stakeholders, including the affected community, will be an integral part of policy formulation
and implementation for urban climate resilience in the state of Goa. This will require effective enforcement of public
participation mechanisms, such as the community participation law (CPL), brought in as part of JNNURM reforms.
Moreover, inclusion of the poor and marginalized groups in decision making, monitoring, and evaluation will be a key
step in reducing the climate vulnerability of the local communities.
References
ACCCRN, 2013. “Background Paper—National Conference on Emerging Mechanisms and Responses of Cities
to Climate Change”. New Delhi
TERI. 2014a. Climate Proofing Indian Cities: A Policy Perspective. Available at index.php?a=11>.
TERI. 2014b. Planning Climate Resilient Coastal Cities: Learnings from Panaji and Visakhapatnam, India. New
Delhi: TERI.
TERI. 2015a. Towards a Policy for Climate Resilient Infrastructure and Services in Coastal Cities. Available at
.
TERI. 2015b. Directions, Innovation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Goa. New Delhi: TERI.
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District Disaster The Plan should enable detailing out and preparation of city/ micro-level emergency management and
Management Plan for North resilience plans, including strategies for community sensitization, SOPs, identification evacuation routes and
Goa and District Disaster gathering points, etc.
Management Plan for
South Goa Integration of disaster management as a key component of resilience planning, especially for risk reduction in
the case of climate change-induced extreme events.
Coastal Regulation Zone
Notification Strict enforcement and implementation of the coastal regulation zones.
Conclusion
This policy brief draws out possible entry points for integrating resilience measures into the state urban planning
framework in Goa. At the same time, the overarching lessons from the program hold true for many cities in India,
especially in the context of coastal states. The brief, therefore, is intended as a reference point for development
of similar state-level policy frameworks in other parts of the country. One of the challenges in operationalizing the
proposed road map would be in terms of the time taken to formulate and institutionalize the new policy, given its
cross-sectoral purview and the kind of inter-departmental coordination that would be required. TERI realizes that
such a change in the governance systems is a complex and time-consuming process. It may also not be possible to
bring about all the changes in one go and it is expected that the policy would have a relatively longer gestation period
of the outcomes. To this end, an incremental approach is required by identifying priority action points in a time-bound
and phased manner in terms of short-, mid, and long-term objectives and activities to be undertaken.
Besides, as this study reveals, there is no dearth of guidelines that cities could use to plan the systems effectively,
however, there is definitely a lack of technical capacity and manpower that needs to be taken into account. This will
include capacity building of not only the planners and decisionmakers but also the local communities. Moreover,
involvement of local stakeholders, including the affected community, will be an integral part of policy formulation
and implementation for urban climate resilience in the state of Goa. This will require effective enforcement of public
participation mechanisms, such as the community participation law (CPL), brought in as part of JNNURM reforms.
Moreover, inclusion of the poor and marginalized groups in decision making, monitoring, and evaluation will be a key
step in reducing the climate vulnerability of the local communities.
References
ACCCRN, 2013. “Background Paper—National Conference on Emerging Mechanisms and Responses of Cities
to Climate Change”. New Delhi
TERI. 2014a. Climate Proofing Indian Cities: A Policy Perspective. Available at
TERI. 2014b. Planning Climate Resilient Coastal Cities: Learnings from Panaji and Visakhapatnam, India. New
Delhi: TERI.
TERI. 2015a. Towards a Policy for Climate Resilient Infrastructure and Services in Coastal Cities. Available at
TERI. 2015b. Directions, Innovation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Goa. New Delhi: TERI.
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