Uploaded on 2017-06-30 by Adnya Naik

The above image is clicked by me at Lonavala (82 Km. from Mumbai). I have uploaded these images to propose that I would like the developing residential schemes also to have plenty of open spaces around, balance in indoor & outdoor, retain distance views & natural ventilation. Top Five Resilient Future Cities Subsequent are the five cities that I have visited for my tennis tournaments. I have lived in these cities for weeks for training & matches. 1. Stockholm 2. Tokyo 3. Vienna 4. Zurich 5. London Five Elements of Resilience 1. Standard of Living: The city must meet the basic needs for all. Develop integrated planning that supports livelihood & employment at the same time. Food security & youth empowerment issues must be addressed & resolved. Ensure public health services to all the citizens irrespective of income group & religion. 2. Social Connectivity: Zones in the city that bring together citizens, communities, systems for resources to share and enable citizens to work together to achieve greater ends. This can help deal with multidisciplinary issues like climate change, disaster risk reduction or emergency response through coordination. 3. Environmental Policy: The government must engage in policies that protect natural assets & reduces impact to the environment. It also needs to monitor environmental status, objectives & performance of all the organisations. 4. Politics: Strong & effective local leadership is important to drive a culture of resilience from the top to down. All leaders must have the ability to communicate clearly across city officials, communities & private sectors. System to hold the government responsible for their decisions must be evolved. 5. Transport: Public transit systems must be smoother, faster & possess an innovative proposition for spread of urban connectivity. Diversity in transport systems can help during unforeseen system outages. Also, successful navigation systems can help commuting to places faster. Mumbai’s Resilience 1. Standard of Living: Due to population explosion & concentrated slums its extremely strenuous for Mumbai to fulfil the basic needs also like food, water, affordable housing & sanitation facilities. MHADA & SRA are building housing schemes for the economically weaker sections, but majority of the slums remain undeveloped. Awareness about social housing projects to house the slum dwellers should be a part of architecture syllabus. 2. Social Connectivity: Green zones, public open spaces are scarce and need to be considered in the upcoming development schemes even by the private developers. There is no place in the downtown for communities to come together. Activities for physical well-being are most held in the indoors. 3. Environmental Policy: The government has maintained no balance in the natural & man-made assets. Local bodies urgently need to develop a manifesto for households too to reduce environmental impact on a smaller scale first. 4. Politics: There lies huge corruption right from top officials. The fund presented to local authorities has not been fully utilized for getting the best quality infrastructure projects. The leaders are not able to reciprocate to the public. The authorities must create a chain of authorised individuals to understand the need of every communities & address them at various levels. 5. Transport: Diversity in transport system is completely missing. This creates pressure on the old available systems & leads to their failure. Also, traffic regulations are not strictly observed by the citizens. Citizens not following the regulations must be fined. The laws for transport system need to undergo radical changes. .