Climate · Cities · Futures
Designing and Thinking about cities
Urban planner and architect studying how regions grow under big transitions, bridging long-term climate commitments and technologies with short-term action.
On the 2026 job market — get in touch at supriya.urban@gmail.com
01 · About
Providence, RI
My doctoral work at TU Delft focuses on Urban Planning Under Climate Uncertainty — examining how to integrate near-term action with long-term climate commitments.
Professionally, I've provided knowledge support on urban development, resilient infrastructure, and disaster risk reduction to UNDRR, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, the Center for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, India's National Disaster Management Authority, and the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
- Based
- Providence / Boston
- PhD
- TU Delft, 2026
- Fellowships
- C40 Women4Climate
- TU Delft Global
- Award
- Allianz Climate Risk, 2024
02 · Approach
Methodology
i.
Systems Thinking
Reading cities as interconnected, dynamic, evolving organisms — not static plans.
ii.
Foresight & Scenarios
Building strategies that remain robust across multiple climate futures.
iii.
Data Equity
How disparities in geospatial knowledge shape resilience in developing regions.
03 · Selected Work
2021—
04 · Now
Currently
Speaking on open geospatial trends at the Cesium Developer Summit.
Presenting at the Harvard Conference on the Geography of Digital Twins.
At ESRI UC and USGIF GEOINT — say hi in San Diego and St Louis.
Writing on infrastructure age and risk in Scroll.