Abstract:
Urbanisation, climate change and development combine some of the major challenges for the 21st
century. One aim of this paper is to identify key intervention areas to address climate change with
special reference to Southeast Asia and a focus on India. Another concomitant aim is to point out
where the currently prevalent approaches to urban climate change resilience are still blind. Thus in the
beginning the nexus of urbanization and climate change is briefly outlined by describing the current
state and implications. This is followed by discussing issues of intervention and, deducting from that,
key themes for an action-oriented approach to urban climate change resilience. In the conclusion,
however, several blind spots of the current approach highlight the needs for further research and
rethinking at policy level.
