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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

In 2006, flooding in Surat left more than 75 percent of the city underwater, causing major economic and other losses. The city took a series of coordinated action so that the experience of 2006 was not repeated. And most of the cities, which are still rapidly expanding, are not prepared for it, although there are a few exceptions.