Urban Water and Environmental Management
Projects
River Sensitive Development – Ganga Basin
Phase 1: URVERS The broad intent of this project is to promulgate sustainable urban development that makes judicious use of vital natural riverine resources. The project seeks to demonstrate that […]
PARIWAR
The overall objective of this project is to create an enabling environment for implementing the principles of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) in Delhi WSUD is a concept popularized by […]
CWMP – Varanasi and Udaipur
This project is being carried out under the Green Strategic Partnership between India and Denmark. The project is an avenue for Indian and Danish experts to work together to develop […]
Urban Water Body Diagnostic Tool
The condition of water bodies (lakes, ponds, wells, etc.) in many Indian cities has generally been deteriorating over the last several years. Some are shrinking, some are getting polluted, yet […]
CRIDA
The objective of this project is to introduce and proliferate the concept of Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) for managing the impacts of climate change in the water sector. […]
Shallow Aquifer Management for AMRUT 2.0
The overarching objective of this pilot project is to create an enabling environment for mainstreaming shallow aquifer management in a city’s water management strategy. It focuses on interventions aimed towards […]
Drink From Tap
In August 2019, the Government of Odisha embarked upon the “Drink from Tap” Mission to “provide 24X7 drink from tap quality water to every household in Urban Odisha so that […]
City Water Resilient Planning
Urban areas are increasingly facing water crises (e.g., flood risk, drought, storm surge, and sea-level rise, increasing water scarcity, degrading ecosystem, and depleting freshwater resources). The resilience approach is widely […]
URMP – Moradabad and Bareilly
The Rivers for Life (RfL) programme of WWF India is working towards conservation of Ganga and its tributaries. The Ramganga river is an important tributary of the Ganga River. The […]
Unique Initiatives
River Sensitive Planning
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) & National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) developed Strategic Guidelines for “Making River-Sensitive Master Plans”. The purpose of this guidance document is to help […]
Urban River Management Plan Framework
National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) & National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) developed a unique first-of-its kind strategic framework for managing urban river stretches in the Ganga River Basin […]
River Cities Alliance (RCA)
Managing urban rivers is an emerging paradigm in India. As cities start to implement the river-sensitive development agenda, there is a unique opportunity for them to learn from each other, […]
Student Thesis Competition
The purpose of this sponsored thesis competition is to invite students to take up their academic thesis projects on the theme of the competition. The competition aspires to provide students […]
URMP Kanpur
NIUA has handheld the city of Kanpur in preparing its Urban River Management Plan (URMP) of Kanpur as a dedicated strategy for managing the extent of the Rivers Ganga and […]
