GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN HYDERABAD (INDIA) GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN HYDERABAD (India) )) PROJECT IN BRIEF Facts on Hyderabad (India): Population: 7.7 Mio (2011) Population Growth Rate (2010-­‐2015): 1.97 % Level of urbanisation 2010 (India): 30 % Human Development Index (India R ank): 134 CONTEXT Greater Hyderabad is predicted to reach a population of 10.5 million inhabitants by 2015. The rapid economic growth of the emerging megacity has facilitated higher living standards and modern lifestyles for the emerging middle class. This is, however, accompanied by escalating energy and resource consumption. Furthermore, longstanding problems remain unresolved. For example, approximately one third of the population lives below the poverty line and continues to suffer from OBJECTIVES food, housing, education, and health problems. In addition to this, climate change is predicted to lead to extreme weather events, disastrous floods, strong heat waves, extreme droughts, and increasing water scarcity. Given this natural, social, and economic context of Hyderabad, the question arises: what can be considered a reasonable response to the anticipated impact of climate change?
The overall objective of the project is to develop a sustainable development framework for Hyderabad by prioritising mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change and energy efficiency. Focusing on the sectors of transport, food, land-­‐use planning, and provision of energy and water, the project pursues the following functional objectives: 1. To increase scientific knowledge and to generate a database concerning climate change, its mitigation and adaptation opportunities, as well as to ascertain the potential of energy efficiency through collaborative research 2. To identify institutional and policy solutions to encourage the change of behaviour of relevant actors in order to address the problems (i.e., ‘getting the institutions right’) 3. To design, propose, and implement demonstrable strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as for an increased energy efficiency 4. To ensure a wider adoption of these strategies by all relevant stakeholders and actors through appropriate communication, capacity-­‐building, advocacy, policy dialogues, and dissemination mechanisms. Work Plan of the Project depicting fields of research and action Self-­‐Help Group meetings for Pilot Project on Cooking Gas (Sustainable Hyderabad ) APPROACH The project aims to achieve climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as energy efficiency through the design of appropriate policies that are to change behaviour. Analysis of policies, of lifestyles in private households, of authorities for urban planning and administration, and of governance structures were conducted in tandem with a technical analysis in each of the focus fields: energy and water supply, food and health, and transport. The results of both analyses guided the conceptualisation of the pilot projects. The project applies a ‘discourse approach’ to implement the necessary changes in the institutions and government organisations. The knowledge generated through the research and the implemented pilot projects that involve all the stakeholders and actors is embedded in local discourse and dialogue. Eight pilot projects have been implemented and evaluated in the areas of urban planning, transport, food, clean and efficient energy provision, as well as education for sustainable lifestyles. The management options that evolved through pilot projects have been transferred to relevant stakeholders in Hyderabad with the help of capacity-­‐
building measures. The consortium, involving partners from scientific, governmental, non-­‐
governmental, and private organisations, has formulated a Perspective Action Plan (PAP) for Hyderabad and proposed its adoption. SOLUTIONS • Climate Assessment Tool for Hyderabad (CATHY) • Strategic Transport Planning Tool • Street food-­‐safety manual and on-­‐site training to strengthen a climate-­‐ friendly urban food-­‐supply system • Collective action for fuel transition among the urban poor • Cooperative and technical solutions to increase energy efficiency in irrigation • Solar powered schools • Education for sustainable lifestyles • Community Radio CONTACT Project: Climate and energy in a complex transition process towards sustainable Hyderabad – mitigation and adaptation strategies by changing institutions, governance structures, lifestyles and consumption patterns Web: www.sustainable-­‐hyderabad.de Konrad Hagedorn Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics Email: k.hagedorn@agrar.hu-­‐berlin.de Web: www.resource-­‐economics.hu-­‐berlin.de www.future-­‐megacities.org