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be found from Goa’s state action plan on climate of the City of Panaji (CCP). This DBMS system has
change, the 4X4 assessment report of the Ministry a potential of upgradation and replication in other
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, parts of the state and can add immense value to the
Government of India, could also come in handy state’s efforts towards sustainability.
in understanding regional climate assessments on
which the policy recommendations could be based. Institutionalization plan: To facilitate the above
mentioned objectives and action points, a strong
City resilience strategy: While the state-level regulatory and institutional backing is required which
risk profile will outline the importance of sectoral also draws out financing mechanisms to support the
interventions and would make a case for state level cause. An important point of consideration is the
actions to address regional issues related to climate fact that resilience requires multi and cross-sectoral
change that would have impact on urban areas, interventions and may not fit into the present
for example, water availability; the city-specific divisions of institutional responsibilities. Therefore,
resilience strategies must also be facilitated in order while the policy can guide the overall mechanisms
to ensure context-specific actionable plans for to support resilience mainstreaming into urban
specific urban centers in the state. The state-level development discourse, it should also identify various
policy must make a case for cities to conduct risk entry points within existing institutional mechanisms
and vulnerability analyses to understand their specific and regulatory framework (TERI 2014a).
requirements for resilience building and develop
city-specific strategies for adaptation and mitigation. The policy should call for exploring inter-linkages
with the existing disaster management set-up and
Data and climate projections: Resilience planning facilitate response mechanisms and preparations for
would entail drawing up extensively from specific any unforeseen events, such as floods and extreme
datasets, such as socio-economic data, climate trends, rainfall. The institutionalization could be achieved
and sector-specific datasets to enable formulation through engagement at various levels while also
of strategies. The state policy, therefore, will have integrating these concerns into development
to define an action plan for conducting the climate regulations and project planning and financing
projections and trend analysis and development of activities. Similarly, various other sectors, such as
database management systems. Most cities in India water, infrastructure, transport, etc., would have
lack the proper information systems required for a bearing on the planning, implementation, and
addressing the various aspects of climate change monitoring of the policy. Hence, these relevant
impacts, such as, data on weather anomalies, sectors have to be integrated within the policy
frequency, and extent of urban floods. Integrating action points and mechanisms for interdepartmental
resilience planning in the urban planning process coordination along with formulation of joint
requires very specific data sets on various local and adaptation action plans.
regional climate parameters. Hence, maintaining
a repository of city and region specific data using The suggestive institutional architecture for
management information systems (MIS) would be implementation of the policy could start with
an essential step, which could be used to develop establishing a state-level climate resilience cell in
time-series and spatial data bases in this regard. the ambit of the urban development department
of the state. The cell coordinates with the entire
TERI has prepared a database management system urban development machinery which would include
(DBMS) for the city of Panaji under its project on Directorate of Municipal Administration, Goa State
Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services program Urban Development Authority, North and South
supported by the USAID. The DBMS system entails Goa Planning and Development Authority, Town
the infrastructure inventory of the entire city of Panaji and Country Planning Organization, Goa State
and is prepared to be instituted in the Corporation Industrial Development Corporation, to name a
few, and becomes an interface with a state-level
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be found from Goa’s state action plan on climate of the City of Panaji (CCP). This DBMS system has
change, the 4X4 assessment report of the Ministry a potential of upgradation and replication in other
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, parts of the state and can add immense value to the
Government of India, could also come in handy state’s efforts towards sustainability.
in understanding regional climate assessments on
which the policy recommendations could be based. Institutionalization plan: To facilitate the above
mentioned objectives and action points, a strong
City resilience strategy: While the state-level regulatory and institutional backing is required which
risk profile will outline the importance of sectoral also draws out financing mechanisms to support the
interventions and would make a case for state level cause. An important point of consideration is the
actions to address regional issues related to climate fact that resilience requires multi and cross-sectoral
change that would have impact on urban areas, interventions and may not fit into the present
for example, water availability; the city-specific divisions of institutional responsibilities. Therefore,
resilience strategies must also be facilitated in order while the policy can guide the overall mechanisms
to ensure context-specific actionable plans for to support resilience mainstreaming into urban
specific urban centers in the state. The state-level development discourse, it should also identify various
policy must make a case for cities to conduct risk entry points within existing institutional mechanisms
and vulnerability analyses to understand their specific and regulatory framework (TERI 2014a).
requirements for resilience building and develop
city-specific strategies for adaptation and mitigation. The policy should call for exploring inter-linkages
with the existing disaster management set-up and
Data and climate projections: Resilience planning facilitate response mechanisms and preparations for
would entail drawing up extensively from specific any unforeseen events, such as floods and extreme
datasets, such as socio-economic data, climate trends, rainfall. The institutionalization could be achieved
and sector-specific datasets to enable formulation through engagement at various levels while also
of strategies. The state policy, therefore, will have integrating these concerns into development
to define an action plan for conducting the climate regulations and project planning and financing
projections and trend analysis and development of activities. Similarly, various other sectors, such as
database management systems. Most cities in India water, infrastructure, transport, etc., would have
lack the proper information systems required for a bearing on the planning, implementation, and
addressing the various aspects of climate change monitoring of the policy. Hence, these relevant
impacts, such as, data on weather anomalies, sectors have to be integrated within the policy
frequency, and extent of urban floods. Integrating action points and mechanisms for interdepartmental
resilience planning in the urban planning process coordination along with formulation of joint
requires very specific data sets on various local and adaptation action plans.
regional climate parameters. Hence, maintaining
a repository of city and region specific data using The suggestive institutional architecture for
management information systems (MIS) would be implementation of the policy could start with
an essential step, which could be used to develop establishing a state-level climate resilience cell in
time-series and spatial data bases in this regard. the ambit of the urban development department
of the state. The cell coordinates with the entire
TERI has prepared a database management system urban development machinery which would include
(DBMS) for the city of Panaji under its project on Directorate of Municipal Administration, Goa State
Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services program Urban Development Authority, North and South
supported by the USAID. The DBMS system entails Goa Planning and Development Authority, Town
the infrastructure inventory of the entire city of Panaji and Country Planning Organization, Goa State
and is prepared to be instituted in the Corporation Industrial Development Corporation, to name a
few, and becomes an interface with a state-level
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