NIUA’s Water and Environment Vertical focuses on developing enabling frameworks, mechanisms, and pathways to help Indian cities manage their water and environmental sectors in a sustainable manner.
Given our affiliation with India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, our vision and work are geared towards bringing about a noticeable difference on the ground. We support the Ministry in implementing the different national Urban Missions and initiatives that have a bearing on urban water and environment. Additionally, we work with a number of national and international resource partners with an agenda and mandate similar to ours.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]