Mainstreaming Climate Co-Benefits in Indian Cities: Post-Habitat III Innovations and Reforms

Description

This volume presents a novel framework to understand urban climate co-benefits in India, that is, tackling climate change and achieving sustainable development goals in cities. It utilizes methods and tools from several assessment frameworks to scientifically evaluate sector co-benefits for informed decision making. The co-benefits approach can lead to significant improvements in the way societies use environmental resources and distribute their outputs. The volume discusses four main themes: (1) Concepts and theories on cities and climate co-benefits; (2) Contextualizing co-benefit issues across spatial scales and sectors; (3) Sectoral analyses of co-benefits in energy, transport, buildings, waste, and biodiversity, and (4) Innovations and reforms needed to promote co-benefits in cities. The discussions are based on empirical research conducted in Indian cities and aligned with the international discourse on the 2030 UN Development Agenda and New Urban Agenda created at the UN-Habitat III in 2016. The analyses and recommendations in this volume are of considerable interest to policy experts, scholars and researchers of urban and regional studies, geography, public policy, international development/law, economics, development planning, environmental planning, climate change, energy studies, and so on. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Cities and Climate Co-benefits (Mahendra Sethi, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira)....Pages 3-45 Co-benefits Assessment Tools and Research Gaps (Mahendra Sethi)....Pages 47-73 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 South Asian Perspective: A Case of Urban Air Pollution and Potential for Climate Co-benefits in India (Bhola Ram Gurjar, Toshimasa Ohara, Mukesh Khare, Priyanka Kulshrestha, Vandana Tyagi, Ajay Singh Nagpure)....Pages 77-98 Aligning Global Environmental and Local Urban Issues (Usha P. Raghupathi, Richa Sharma, Aastha Joshi)....Pages 99-120 Front Matter ....Pages 121-121 Co-benefits from the Energy Sector (Mahendra Sethi)....Pages 123-144 Co-benefits of Urban Transport (Sudhir Gota, Alvin Mejia)....Pages 145-167 Co-benefits from Buildings and Construction (A. Narender)....Pages 169-190 Co-benefits of Waste to Energy (Amit Chatterjee, Manmohan Kapshe, Binayak Choudhury, Shomit Bade)....Pages 191-209 Co-benefits of Urban Biodiversity (Meenakshi Dhote, Debojyoti Mukherjee)....Pages 211-241 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Smart and Livable Cities: Opportunities to Enhance Quality of Life and Realize Multiple Co-benefits (Shilpi Mittal, Mahendra Sethi)....Pages 245-263 Social Entrepreneurship, Energy and Urban Innovations (Rama Krishna Reddy Kummitha)....Pages 265-283 A State-level Framework for Integrated Land Use and Transport (Shabana Charaniya)....Pages 285-302 Climate Resilience in Urban Planning (Divya Sharma, Raina Singh)....Pages 303-323 Rights-Based Approach to Realize Co-benefits in Delhi (Magali Dreyfus)....Pages 325-339 Mainstreaming Co-benefits in Urban Policy, Governance and Finance (A. Narender, Mahendra Sethi)....Pages 341-373