About Us | Urban Resilience Unit

About the Unit

Established in collaboration with 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC) Program of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Urban Resilience Unit (URU) at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is promoting and supporting the development of resilient cities across India.

The Unit is bringing together theoretical frameworks and practical city assessments for developing evidence and policy frameworks that can be used by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, state and city level development agencies and urban local bodies (ULBs) to build local capacity and mainstream resilience in the urban discourse. This includes developing tools, proof of concepts, data frameworks and protocols, curricula and training programs for urban planning institutes and universities, urban practitioners, city managers and policymakers to enable evidence-based, informed decision making for resilience building in cities.

The Unit is also involved in developing a national platform and convening a wide range of stakeholders including urban planning institutes, philanthropies, private sector, multilateral financial institutes, and urban experts to build strong partnerships for advocating resilience in Indian cities and incorporating resilience in the national urban agenda.

“Bird View of Gangok” by Aasif Iqbal J is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://bit.ly/2rERrif)

Partners

National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a premier institute for research, capacity building and dissemination of knowledge for the urban sector and is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. NIUA conducts research and supports innovations in the urban sector through informed dialogues, knowledge exchanges, training and capacity building in emerging themes such as urbanization, urban policy and planning, municipal finance and governance, land economics, transit oriented development, urban livelihoods, environment and climate change and smart cities.

100 RC pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation is dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century. 100RC supports the adoption and incorporation of a view of resilience that includes not just shocks such as floods, fires, riots, but also stresses such as growing diversity and ageing infrastructure that could threaten and weaken the fabric of the city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis.
100RC Cities in India include Chennai, Pune and Surat.