Figure 39: Stakeholders identification from different sectors

5.12 Identification of Important Stakeholders in Surat

In developing countries like India, stakeholders play important role in shaping various climate activities in the domain of urban planning. As a part of the research various stakeholders have been identified across India who are directly or indirectly associated with climate change related

After identifying the challenges and indicators where the challenges are being observed, also identifying the direct and indirect relationship of those indicators with climate, impact chain analysis has been conducted. The analysis have been done for entire Surat and also for various sectoral level. The impact chain aids in the establishment of significant correlations between various indicators, which has a significant impact on the planning paradigm. It helps to identify key sectors where climate change impacts the most and strategies can be taken to combat the risk and vulnerability associated with climate change.

Figure 39 Stakeholders identification from different sectors initiatives. The stakeholders have been broadly categorized into 6 parts- National government, local government, private agency, NGO, civil society group and academicians in order to understand their perception of climate resilience and their on ground implementation in the paradigm of spatial planning. Following in the figure 39 prepared by author for better understanding of the coverage of sectors stakeholder wise

There are few fundamental concepts which needed to be cleared regarding impact chain analysis in order to get better clarity. The following chart will give a brief definition of some key words such as- drivers, hazard, impact, stressor and sensitivity. The framework and definitions have been adopted from the Resin project, 2017.

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