PhD Candidate (’2024)
Faculty of Technology Policy and Management
TU Delft, The Netherlands
︎I have relocated to the USA.

Email: supriya.urban@gmail.com
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I am an urban planner specializing in the nexus of climate change and cities.

My work addresses how rapidly evolving urban regions are integrating short- and long-term climate commitments into their planning processes. A key focus of my research is the knowledge divide between cities in developed and developing regions, ensuring equitable and context-specific urban resilience strategies.

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My doctoral research at the TU Delft Resilience Lab explored methodologies for urban planning under conditions of climate uncertainty. This included: (a) a theoretical framework that explores the temporal dynamics of “connected and moving” cities, (b) a conceptual framework for embedding resilience within urban planning , and (c) a blended approach to crafting future urban scenarios, utilizing computational models, narrative scenarios, practitioner insights, and localized datasets. I evaluated the applicability of (a) and (b) through extensive empirical research in India and the Netherlands. My research methods are interdisciplinary, combining text mining, systematic reviews, qualitative interviews, design-driven workshops, and spatial modeling at the metropolitan scale.

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Professionally, I have provided knowledge support on urban development, resilient infrastructure, disaster risk reduction, and public health to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), National Disaster Management Authority of India, and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy .  I received the C40 Women4Climate mentorship and the TU Delft Global Fellowship.

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I have degrees in Architecture and Urbanism (Honours: Infrastructure and Environment).

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