Green-blue infrastructure and heritage: building a resilient and timeless Delhi
The Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) 2047 aims to integrate green and blue infrastructure to create a more resilient urban environment. By connecting forests, wetlands, and the Yamuna river, the plan seeks to mitigate climate change impacts like extreme heat and flooding while preserving the city's heritage.
Why it matters
As major cities face rapid urbanization and climate risks, this model of integrating ecological restoration into urban planning serves as a critical case study for sustainable development.
A city’s greatness is measured as much by what it safeguards as by what it builds. On that count, Delhi has few equals. Its ecological wealth spans the Yamuna and its floodplains, the Ridge, urban forests and biodiversity parks, while its cultural wealth lives on in monuments, historic precincts, and archaeological sites that span centuries.
With the country working towards the Prime Minister’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, Delhi carries the responsibility of showing how a fast-growing metropolis can pursue development alongside environmental restoration and heritage conservation. The Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) 2047 gives the national capital a framework to put both at the centre of its future.
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