BReUCOM Webinar Series: Putting Informality at the Centre of City Resilience

Cities across India have been experiencing a rise in urban poor living in informal settlements. Most people living in the informal settlements face multiple vulnerabilities due to inadequate access to basic services, frequent climate events, and much more. These vulnerabilities exacerbate for people living in settlements located in areas that are more prone to natural hazards. The gendered impact of climate change, wherein women informal workers and women living in informal settlements are disproportionately affected during such unusual events.

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are increasingly being seen as important stakeholders to foster community-engaged approaches for building climate resilience locally, through incorporation of such approaches in teaching and research across field disciplines. To have deeper discussions about the role of higher education institutions in synergising urban planning and development for building climate and community resilience, as well as ways in which values of equity and social justice influence and shape climate strategies, Manipal University Jaipur, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), and Building Resilient Urban Communities (BReUCom) initiative will host a webinar on “Putting Informality at the Centre of City Resilience” on Saturday, 21 August 2021 (11.00 am to 01.15 pm).

The webinar aims at addressing the following questions:

1. How can urban informality be included in the resilience planning for cities?
2. How can the partnerships among urban informal community, local governance and other stakeholders be enhanced for building resilience?
3. What role can academic and higher education institutions play in integrating urban informality in city resilience planning?

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