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Urban Water and Resilience

Summary: Notes on urban water management, water resilience, and related infrastructure and climate adaptation. Last updated: 2026-08-23

  • Framework for Lake Rejuvenation: WELL Labs' Framework for Lake Rejuvenation (Version 2.0), a science-based, community-informed five-stage roadmap (diagnosis & visioning, design, implementation, operation & maintenance, monitoring & evaluation) for reviving urban and peri-urban shallow freshwater lakes in peninsular India, co-created with Friends of Lakes and other Bengaluru stakeholders. Keywords: lake rejuvenation, WELL Labs, Bengaluru lakes, restoration framework, water resilience, community science
  • Urban Floods: Case Study of Bangalore: Research article by T.V. Ramachandra and P.P. Mujumdar analyzing how unplanned urbanization and infrastructure failures drive flooding in Bangalore, showing that increased impervious surfaces, encroached waterbodies, and inadequate drainage heighten flood risk. See also Urban_Planning, Climate_Change. Keywords: urban floods, Bangalore, imperviousness, drainage, encroachment, stormwater
  • Frequent Floods in Bangalore: Causes and Remedial Measures: ENVIS Technical Report 123 (IISc, Aug 2017) by Ramachandra, Vinay, and Aithal, examining how increased impervious area from high-density urban development and loss of wetlands/vegetation cause frequent flooding in Bangalore, and proposing ecological management solutions like restoring lake connectivity and protecting natural drainage. See also Urban_Planning, Climate_Change. Keywords: urban floods, Bangalore, lake connectivity, wetlands, ENVIS report, ecological restoration
  • Building a Resilient Bengaluru: Campaign site for Building a Resilient Bengaluru, a public information campaign for stormwater resilience in Bengaluru, under the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum's Small Grants Programme (2025–26). Hosts the campaign's Final Report, tools for citizen stormwater audits, a masterclass on stormwater, and curated resources on Bengaluru's water crisis. See also My_Publication. Keywords: stormwater resilience, Bengaluru, urban water, citizen science, water crisis, community campaign, final report