Sustainable Urban River Management Framework

The Sustainable Urban River Management (SURM) Framework builds on the experience of India’s Urban River Management Plan (URMP) Framework, taking its approach to river-sensitive urban planning into a global context. It responds to the growing pressures on urban rivers and freshwater ecosystems from urbanisation, pollution and climate change. The framework provides cities with a structured set of goals, actions and indicators to assess existing practices, identify priorities and strengthen river-sensitive planning and implementation. It also connects urban river management with wider global priorities for sustainable cities, freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. SURM marks the next step in taking the principles and experience of urban river management from a national framework to a shared global approach.