• Reshmi Manikoth Kollarath
• Vaseem Anjum Sheriff

Urban flooding which is becoming a serious concern in cities across the world is a result of increase of impervious surfaces which is in turn affecting the catchment areas . Major cities such as Chicago and Copenhagen are facing the consequences of unplanned urbanization which has radically changed the drainage patterns. This in turn increases the volume and rate of surface runoff and results in the phenomenon of flooding in urban areas. Climate change is a phenomenon which cannot be disregarded as it is emerging as a major cause for extreme weather events. Climate change has altered the frequency as well as duration of rainfall. India has been one of the countries facing extreme rainfall events in the recent years such as the floods which recently affected the entire state of Kerala in 2018 as well annual instances of flooding occurring in major metropolises such as Chennai and Mumbai. The study will be done with reference to the Bangalore Metropolitan Area where flooding is slowly becoming a major issue due to encroachment of catchment areas and increase of impervious surfaces in spite of not having any major river systems running through the city. This paper will examine the various green infrastructure strategies which have been effectively used for flood control that can be adopted to manage urban flooding in the context of Bangalore City.

Urban Flooding, Indiscriminate Urbanization, Climate Change, Bangalore, Green Infrastructure

"GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES AS COUNTERMEASURES TO URBAN FLOODING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.99-103, MAY-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCL06016.pdf

"GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES AS COUNTERMEASURES TO URBAN FLOODING ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp99-103, MAY-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCL06016.pdf