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Mumbai Informal Settlement Resiliency

Due to reoccurring flood events and especially the flooding event of 2005 in the Greater Mumbai area, Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI), based in Manila, Philippines, was asked to provide a report titled “Disaster Risk Resiliency and Mumbai’s Slums.”  This 2011 report was part of a larger Disaster Risk Reduction in Greater Mumbai Project.  I was working with EMI at the time in Manila and worked with Mr. Jerome Zayas on the report.  The reasons why the floods were so destructive relate primarily to a few factors.  First, the southern part of the city consisted of seven islands, which were connected together by land reclamation projects over the years.  This resulted in marshy, low-lying land that is particularly vulnerable when flooding occurs.  Second, due to the low value of the land, informal settlements often were located on the land.  These settlements are self-built and are often not able to structurally withstand flood events.  The recommendations provided to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai were related to:
  • Legal and Institutional Processes and Policies
  • Public Awareness and Capacity Building
  • Critical Services and Infrastructure Resiliency
  • Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Planning
  • Development Planning, Regulation and Risk Mitigation
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