Conference on Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Conference onEnvironmental Knowledge for
Disaster Risk Reduction
10-11 May, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India

• ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO
• FLOOD RESILIENCE

• Dr. Shiraz A. Wajih
• Dr. B.K. Singh

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Location Map
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Flood Changing trends

• Change in time, volume, pattern etc.
• Increasing frequency of flash floods
• Smaller rivers- major causes
• Dry spells during monsoon
• Hot winds during winters
• Increasing duration of water logging

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Rainfall
Patterns
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• Vulnerability ( Resilience)
• Basic infrastructure
• Social Institutions
• Economic base
• Natural environment

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Ecosystem Approach in Rural systemEstablishing
link between farm-landscape
Drainage
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Integration of Farm Sub System
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Ecosystem Approach in Urban Resiliency

• Conservation of water bodies

S.N Water bodies Numbers ( 1951) Present (2011)
1 Ditches 163
2 Ponds 53
3 Lakes 22
Total Total 238 22
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Degenerated condition
2010
Years Area in acres
1916 1924.95
1940 1902.71
1960 1897.76
1971 1895.29
1990 1828.57
2000 1784.10
2002 1751.97
2007 1732.20
2010 1692.26
Diminishing Ramgarh Lake
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Ecosystem Approach in Urban Resiliency
Maintaining open spaces
S. No Land use 1971 1971 2001 2001
Area in ha of total developed area Area in ha of total developed area
1 Residential 1031.00 63.72 4103.00 72.10
2 Commercial 35.21 2.18 173.20 3.05
3 Industrial 56.05 3.46 445.00 7.82
4 Govt 90.34 6.08 161.00 2.83
5 Public and semi public 350.01 21.63 398.32 7.01
6 Park and open space 47.35 2.93 291.20 5.01
7 Transport N.A NA 117.10 2.07
Total 1618.12 100.00 5689.12 100.00
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Resiliency in Flood affected area to be
developed through
Criteria Examples
Redundancy Diversity Livestock, agriculture
Flexibility Robustness of Farm System, Drainage
Responsiveness Time Space Management in Cropping System
Capacity to learning ITK, experiment etc
Multi-tier cropping
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• Thanks!