Livable Cities in India: Demonstrating Sustainable Urban Planning and Development through Integrated Approaches To demonstrate low emissions, resilient, nature-based inclusive sustainable urban development in selected cities and support scale-up nationally. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. 16.00            Normal 0      false false false  EN-US JA AR-SA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-priority:99;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0cm;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;  mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;  mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;}    Adaptation: The NbS restoration of Lake Kadapakkam will increase the storage capacity of the water body by 1.75 million m3. This would significantly reduce the flood risk in the project sub-basin and downstream area by serving as a water retaining structure.The work on integrated low emission resilient coastal zone plan will provide adaptation benefits through increased resilience of the Surat coastal areas. The conservation of coastal ecosystems through NbS measures will increase the green space. This will help address the heat island affect in Surat thus increasing the resilience of Surat against increased temperature due to climate change. Similarly the green NMT infrastructure will contribute to adaptation to increased temperatures increasing the green areas.           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Based on prior restorations in Chennai, considering the soil characteristics and the sub-strata conditions it can be estimated that the groundwater table will improve by about 1.2 m. This is significantly improving the water supply position for surrounding agriculture and also residential use in the catchment area which is currently dependent on sub-surface water for irrigation. Biodiversity: The intervention in lake Kadapakkam will also lead to the restoration of the habitat of many species whose numbers have dwindled over the past few decades. More specifically the Near Threatened (NT) species Spot-Billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).[1] Biodiversity: The intervention in lake Kadapakkam will also lead  to the restoration of the habitat of many species whose numbers have  dwindled over the past few decades. More specifically the Near  Threatened (NT) species Spot-Billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis).[1] ]  The integration of conservation of coastal ecosystems in development plans through NbS measures will increase the green and blue ecosystems areas in city and thus result in increased biodiversity benefits.Environmental Benefits: Urban air quality can substantially improve because of the implementation of low emissions mobility options and NMT infrastructure. The NBS solutions and preservation of environmental resources will help reduce the impact of both flooding and heat island effects.    The low emission green corridor development and related investment would help in converging disjoint initiatives into an integrated initiative for leveraging collective benefits. The project will lead to enhanced sustainable management of transit corridors and will ensure its integration with the city ecosystem thus improve city’s access to the low emission facilities. Besides, it would help open new economic avenues for the city.    Through the development of an enhanced knowledge base relating to low emission green corridor development and improved information on linkages with, and contributions to key economic sectors, the project will facilitate improved decision-making to minimize adverse impacts on the local community. The low emission green corridor project will be integrated with the city ecosystem through deployment of sustainable solutions like development of safe access, NMT infrastructure, Net zero energy building, green urban spaces and facilitating EV usage supported by charging infrastructure.     Economic benefits: citizens will experience health benefits from reduced air pollution and reduced heat island effects. This will have a positive impact on the productivity of an individual and therefore the city. New technologies that will be identified as part of the project – NMT infra, NBS solutions, energy efficiency materials etc. will provide new business opportunities. The vulnerable assessment and hazard risk assessment for infrastructure projects will enable the city authorities to assess the economic impact of the hazards and help prepare the authorities for the eventual outcomes. The authorities will also be able to save scarce public resources due to incorporation of resilience strategies into project designs.     Collaborative planning: the integrated approach proposed by the project, in component 1, will provide a more collaborative planning practice to involve and all the stakeholders during the planning and design stages of projects leads to an inclusive decision-making process which in turn can bring social benefits as well as sustainability benefits to the citizens. The inclusive process to involve the project affected people and the local citizens in the planning process will enable the city authorities to meet the project outcomes in an informed manner. The development of NMT infrastructure, green corridors within the pilot area will enhance the attractiveness of the project area and hence provide opportunities to create new jobs in various economic activities.     Gender specific: The project will place emphasis on gender-sensitive training and capacity-building, increasing women’s access to finance, strengthening participation in governance processes, and targeting women as influencers in behavior change communications. for ensuring gender mainstreaming agenda is integrated within low emission green corridor development, there will be specific emphasis on gender responsive components such as lighting, direct, at-grade connections, wide and safe sidewalks, and crosswalks, etc. This project will ensure that gender considerations are incorporated into both project design and execution. There would be a specific focus to capture and disseminate the gender-related actions and learnings from the projects to other stakeholders through a dedicated capacity building module which will be developed and included in all programmes.           [1] As identified in the Biodiversity Assessment