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    This document concludes that gaps in Madurai’s ‘green-blue infrastructure’ are perhaps the most pressing nexus of challenges the city needs to address to safeguard its long term future. The range of issues of particular importance include increasing demand for water resources, poor water distribution infrastructure, and contamination of existing supplies. When combined, these issues could constrain the capability of Madurai to grow and prosper in the future as the needs of the city and wider region grow.

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    This Urban Diagnostic for Bangalore is a review of existing and future risks and challenges that the city faces, particularly with respect to the growing threat of climate change. Informed by secondary data analysis, and input from key government stakeholders, the city diagnostic begins by laying out current risks, and vulnerabilities that Bangalore faces, as well as its potential capacity to address these issues. Drawing on individual engagements with government stakeholders, it identifies two key priority areas that present the greatest challenge for the city: water and energy systems.