Developing Disaster Resilient Action Plan through GIS & Prioritising actions for natural disaster risk reduction in urban areas of Shillong and Gangtok, MoEF&CC/NMHS
The project aims to develop Disaster Resilience Action Plansfor Shillong and Gangtok cities. The objectives of the project are to develop ward level maps at the scale of 1:4000 and to map the hazard/disaster wise vulnerable zones of the Shillong and Gangtok urban agglomerations, while identifying and mapping critical infrastructure at risk through ground surveys. This will assist in developing Disaster Resilience Action Planfor the identified cities and prioritize actions for disaster risk reduction through multi-stakeholder consultations involving citizens, government, public and private sector and will lead to capacity building of citizens, city, district and state authorities.
Along with the study of existing plans prepared for cities by State Disaster Management Authorities, Urban Local Bodies (CDPs, CDMPs,GIS maps), RapidVulnerability Assessment for Shillong and Gangtok cities were carried out. To assess the Impact of Urbanization on natural ecosystems, household surveys across 17 wards of Gangtok Municipal Corporation area and 26 wards of Shillong Municipal Board has been carried out. Satellite Imageries have been used to assess the impact of urbanization on natural ecosystem in last 30 years in Shillong. Urban Vulnerability Index has also been developed for Shillong city, assessing the climate vulnerability. Disaster resilience action plan for Gangtok and Shillong is also been developed.
Collaboration with Shillong Municipal Board, GangtokMunicipal Corporation and city level stakeholders are carried out by regular workshops, field visits and meeting.
Supported by: Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Govt. of India
Supported by: Â Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Govt. of India