Talk given at Future Proofing Indian Cities in 2011 How does one leverage systems principles to build sustainable and resilient cities? A walk through 5 design principles based on systems characteristics for city designers.

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principlesfor designing sustainable and resilient cities
Anupam Saraph, PhD, Innovation, Strategy and Leadership Mentor

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one in every seven cities in the world
is in India
half of these were created post-
independence and are less than 64
years old
not one of them makes it to any list of
cities worth living in
indian cities

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$20 billion spent through national
urban renewal mission from 2005
not one of the cities with these funds
can still make it to any list of cities
worth living in
indian cities

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systems comprise of stakeholders
engaged in a relationship for a
common purpose
systems methods focus on the
purpose for which stakeholders
engage with each other
systems methods are inclusive
systems thinking

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social systems are inherently
insensitive to most policy changes
that people choose in an effort to alter
the behavior of systems
social systems draw attention to the
very points at which an attempt to
intervene will fail
characteristic
ONE

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social systems seem to have a few
sensitive influence points through
which behavior can be changed
when a high-influence policy is
identified, the chances are great that
a person guided by intuition and
judgment will alter the system in the
wrong direction
characteristic
TWO

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social systems exhibit a conflict
between short-term and long-term
consequences of a policy change
a policy that produces improvement
in the short run is usually one that
degrades a system in the long run
characteristic
THREE

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systems that can continue their
processes indefinitely
a system that grows continuously
cannot be sustained forever
sustainable
systems

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resilient systems resist damage and
recover quickly from disturbances
a system without large buffers cannot
be resilient
resilient systems

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evolve a common purpose for
engagement of stakeholders
systems principles
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engage all stakeholders fairly
systems principles
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build feedback to reinforce
stakeholder roles that accomplish the
common purpose
systems principles
3

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build mechanisms to contain growth
systems principles
4

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restore natural buffers to reduce
impact of disturbances
systems principles
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systems, sustainable and resilient
systems, few principles for cities
emergent behaviors, self organizing,
information systems, governance
upgrades, designing policy and
legislation…
http://anupam.saraph.in
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