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Urbanization is on a rise like never before. Indian cities are increasingly witnessing the impact of climate change .it is apparent that extreme events such as droughts and cyclones will become more frequent thereby causing massive destruction and
disruption to services and leading to economic losses. This will have an adverse impact on the marginalized sections of the society living in the urban areas is there an alternative path for cities.

Now, focus of planners is now on Urban Resilience. A Resilient City is the solution to overcome such disasters a resilient city is one that has developed capacities to absorb future shocks and stresses such cities have advanced drainage systems that help in alleviating floods warning systems and transportation infrastructure that allows citizens to evacuate renewable energy systems that provide backup power during outages building design solutions that reduce the damage caused by extreme climate events the healthcare services in these cities are equipped to respond to public health emergencies there is availability of clean drinking water in the aftermath of floods .

A resilient City has an efficient sewerage system that averts the outbreak of waterborne diseases and effective disposal and treatment techniques that prevent choking of drains it is also where the communities have better coping capacities .

Benefits of Building Resilient Cities

·      Reduced Recovery Time

·      Lesser Monetary Losses

·      Reduced Risk and Vulnerability

·      Improved and Reliable Infrastructure

There are several initiatives that are supporting resilience building activities several Indian cities have also initiated resilience planning through these programs but how do we ensure continuous action.

Crux of the matter is: We will have to make our cities Resilient and Sustainable and Adaptive.

India’s Urban realm is expanding. Expansion of cities gives rise to residential satellites depending on the main city.

Three Main Characteristics of Satellite Towns:

(a) Workers of satellite-town have to come to work in the central town because it is the central town which guarantees a certain number of services,

(b) The satellite town reciprocally provides facilities for holidaying and relaxation, and

(c) There is found easy and frequent transport and communication between the two.

Around Delhi, there are urban centres performing the services of satellites, e.g., Ghaziabad, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Sonepat, and Faridabad. Similarly, Kolkata encompasses number of urban centres of the surrounding area.

They are closely linked and have become centres for service activity. Some of these satellites may be counted as Kalyani, Barrackpur, Jadavpur, Bansdrori. Purba Putiary, Gobindapur and Sutanuti also form the status of satellites. Tollygunge and several peripheral towns are closely linked with the city. Kanchanpura, Nabapally, Halisahar, Ishapure are towns other than satellites of the conur­bation.

Satellites differ from suburbs in that they are separated from the central city by many miles. They have little daily commuting but their economic activities are closely geared to those of the central city. Suburbs are primarily joined with the central city for commuting to or from the city. The idea of centrality comes into play in a big way.

Growths of automobiles and commuter rail lines in metropolises have stimulated suburbanization. Kolkata encompasses a number of urban centres which are satellites on the Hooghly side. They are distinctly attached economically with the Kolkata conur­bation.

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