WATER RESILIENCE
FOSTERING INTEGRATED APPROACHES AT THE REGION, CITY, AND SETTLEMENT SCALES
WATER RESILIENCE
FOSTERING INTEGRATED APPROACHES AT THE REGION, CITY, AND SETTLEMENT SCALES
Leveraging Technology to Foreground Nature in the City
ISSUES
PUBLIC | POLICY | WATER | ECOSYSTEMS | RESILIENCE | GOVERNANCE
KEY ASPECTS
RESEARCH | DIALOGUE
INDIA URBAN LAB
RANCHI WORKSHOP
The India Urban Lab (IUL) is an endeavour to collaborate with communities, institutions, organizations, individuals, and governments to debate, discuss and arrive at solutions addressing “wicked problems” experienced by rapidly urbanizing geographies in India. The lab aims to initiate positive change across geographies through collaboration. The previous labs were conducted in Bengaluru (2015) and in Goa (2018). The next lab in the series will be conducted in Ranchi in July 2022.
With a thematic focus on water resilience, the upcoming Lab at Ranchi Lab will comprise of expert lectures, group discussions, site visits, and hands-on workshops to encourage innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives to emerge.
The Ranchi Urban Lab anchors itself in the conceptual philosophy of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) to promote water resilience at the regional, city-settlement, and settlement scales. The Lab aspires to become a platform for participants from diverse backgrounds to co-produce water resilient approaches and solutions that combine traditional knowledge and lived experiences at the grass root level with policy and technical knowledge.
The Ranchi Urban Lab is organised by INDE in collaboration with Mahila Housing Trust (MHT).
ISSUES
PUBLIC | POLICY | WATER | ECOSYSTEMS | RESILIENCE | GOVERNANCE
KEY ASPECTS
RESEARCH | DIALOGUE
INDIA URBAN LAB
RANCHI WORKSHOP
The India Urban Lab (IUL) is an endeavour to collaborate with communities, institutions, organizations, individuals, and governments to debate, discuss and arrive at solutions addressing “wicked problems” experienced by rapidly urbanizing geographies in India.
The lab aims to initiate positive change across geographies through collaboration.
The previous labs were conducted in Bengaluru (2015) and in Goa (2018). The next lab in the series will be conducted in Ranchi in July 2022.
With a thematic focus on water resilience, the upcoming Lab at Ranchi Lab will comprise of expert lectures, group discussions, site visits, and hands-on workshops to encourage innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives to emerge.
The Ranchi Urban Lab anchors itself in the conceptual philosophy of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) to promote water resilience at the regional, city-settlement, and settlement scales.
The Lab aspires to become a platform for participants from diverse backgrounds to co-produce water resilient approaches and solutions that combine traditional knowledge and lived experiences at the grass root level with policy and technical knowledge.
The Ranchi Urban Lab is organised by INDE in collaboration with Mahila Housing Trust (MHT).
ISSUES
PLANNING
KEY ASPECTS
RESEARCH | PLANNING
Bottom up Climate Responsive Planning Frameworks
This project, a collaboration between Utopia, Kathmandu, and Integrated Design, Bangalore, was supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering. It explored the use of technology to reveal the socio-cultural, ecological, and economic dimensions of urban life across various scales.
To make nature more visible in everyday urban experiences, the project adopted a multi-scalar approach (city, ward, and settlement levels) for data collection and spatialization. Each scale required a distinct methodology and data visualization format. City-scale data was spatialized using secondary sources, while geo-tagged audio-visuals and oral narratives captured insights at the sub-city level.
By integrating multiple streams of knowledge—qualitative, experiential, quantitative, and scientific—through digital visualization platforms, the project provided a comprehensive understanding of urban life and the interconnections between people, nature, and the built environment.