Sahil Kanekar

Senior Program Associate - Urban Planning

Bio

Sahil is a Senior Program Associate, Urban Development and Resilience with the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India. Here, his work revolves around environment and infrastructural development with a focus on green-blue infrastructure, nature-based solutions towards flood risk management and strategic planning for long term climate resilience. He deals with multi-scalar integrated approach by applying global and local knowledge and facilitating multiple stakeholders.

Prior to joining WRI India, Sahil worked on the Dutch and Bangladesh Delta Plan, along with developing an Integrated River Management strategy for the rivers in the Netherlands. He has also worked on projects with a focus on port development and water sensitive urban design in collaboration with Rotterdam municipality. Further, he was involved in infrastructure projects like long term strategies for the freight corridor between Rotterdam and Duisburg and Multi-Modal Integration projects for Mumbai Metro.

Sahil earned his undergraduate degree in architecture from Academy of Architecture, Mumbai University. He has a master’s in Urbanism from Delft University of Technology with a specialization in Infrastructure and Environmental Design. Sahil is a member of Water Youth Network.

Blogs

Walking Along the Mithi River: Five Opportunities To Improve Flood Resilience
by Sahil Kanekar, Kartiki Naik and Abhijit Waghre - February 27, 2023
The third and concluding photo essay of the Mithi River series looks at enhancing the river's capacity for flood resilience through planning and design. We highlight five opportunities to adapt open spaces for absorbing and holding water at strategic locations along the river’s stretch. Read the
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Urban Settlements on Its "Banks"
by Kartiki Naik, Sahil Kanekar and Abhijit Waghre - October 27, 2022
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The second photo essay, in the series, focuses on the urban settlements along the Mithi river. The "symptoms” observed call for a systemic approach in improving the health and flood resilience of the river. You can read the first blog in the series
Exploring Pathways to a Climate Resilient Mumbai: Adopting a Sustainable Landscapes Approach to Urban Development
by Sahil Kanekar and Prutha Vaze - September 30, 2022
This blog is the first in a four-part series that highlights critical aspects of implementing the Mumbai Climate Action Plan. Focusing on the significance of conserving the 'Ecology' of the city, the authors outline four pathways of incorporating a sustainable landscape approach in developmental planning.

The impact of climate change on
Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Its Riverine Ecosystem
by Sahil Kanekar, Kartiki Naik and Abhijit Waghre - August 17, 2022
This three-part blog series examines one of the many systems Mumbai relies on during the monsoons. The first photo essay, in the series, is a description of a walk along the Mithi river, illustrating the condition of riverbanks and challenges in maintaining the river as a flood mitigation measure.

Mumbai’s perennial struggle with routine waterlogging and catastrophic floods is

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Sahil Kanekar

Walking Along the Mithi River: Five Opportunities To Improve Flood Resilience

Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Urban Settlements on Its "Banks"

Exploring Pathways to a Climate Resilient Mumbai: Adopting a Sustainable Landscapes Approach to Urban Development

Walking Along the Mithi River: Exploring a 17 KM Long Trained River and Its Riverine Ecosystem

Flood Risk in Mumbai – Consultative Stakeholder Workshop

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