PhD Researcher (due 2024)
Resilience Lab
Faculty of Technology Policy and Management
TU Delft, The Netherlands
Email: supriya.urban@gmail.com
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I research how urbanising regions incorporate climate-related aspects such as resilience, adaptation, and mitigation into their development strategies, with an emphasis on the knowledge gap between the Global North and Global South.

I investigate the temporal dynamics of urban planning by analysing theory and applications of how planners reconcile short-, medium- , and long-term goals. I explore how lifecycles of urban systems and disruptions / disasters can serve as entry points for integrating climate objectives.
I examine resilience principles and approaches to managing uncertainty in influencing urban planning processes.
My research methodology employs mixed methods, including surveys, semi-structured interviews, case studies, and quantitative land-use modelling, all grounded in design thinking.

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I received the C40 Women4Climate mentorship and the TU Delft Global Fellowship. Previously, I worked with the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), a global partnership that builds resilience into infrastructure systems. I have provided knowledge support to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the National Disaster Management Authority of India and the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India.
I have degrees in Architecture and Urbanism (specialising in Infrastructure and Environment). My research and teaching are also heavily shaped by my experience as a professional architect.

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Updates:

Talk: “Rise-Up: Integrating Resilience into Urban Planning for managing Uncertainty”. AMS Scientific Conference 2024, Amsterdam.
Publication : Krishnan, S., Aydin, N.Y. and Comes, T., 2024. TIMEWISE: Temporal Dynamics for Urban Resilience-theoretical insights and empirical reflections from Amsterdam and Mumbai. npj Urban Sustainability, 4(1), p.4.
Publication: Krishnan, S., Aydin, N.Y. and Comes, T., 2023. RISE-UP: Resilience in urban planning for climate uncertainty-empirical insights and theoretical reflections from case studies in Amsterdam and Mumbai. Cities, 141, p.104464.
Talk: June 2023:”Land-use models and Urban resilience.” The International Conference on Resilient Systems, Mexico City.
Media: Story of Science at TU Delft: “ The Future Ground: Planning Cities for an Uncertain Future.”
Publication: “ With overcrowding, weather and age, curbing bridge collapses in India is complex but not impossible.” Scroll, Nov 2022.
Talk: Urban risk and Planning for Mumbai. DRI Technical Conference, New Delhi, Oct 2022.
Talk: “An integrated framework for incorporating climate risk into urban land-use change modeling“. ESREL 2022, Dublin.
Workshop: Jun 2022: Organised a training event at World Urban Forum: “Resilience for All”. Katowice, Poland.
Jan 2022: Selected for the C40 Cities Women4Climate program Mumbai
Publication: Krishnan, S., Aydin, N.Y. and Comes, T., 2021. Planning support systems for long-term climate resilience: a critical review. Urban Informatics and Future Cities, pp.465-498.

Countries: India, Netherlands, Unites States of America, Brazil, Cuba
Cities: Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Providence, Allahabad, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Havana
Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada