Discover how to build urban resilience with critical insights from India. This essential volume explores how city dwellers navigate migration and public health challenges, understanding the interplay between urban infrastructure and community networks. It champions the ‘soft city’—social capital and lived experiences—as crucial for managing vulnerabilities, complementing the ‘hard city.’ Gain a nuanced understanding of urban life and interrelations through case studies from India and the Global South. Essential for urban studies, urban planning, urban sociology students, researchers, policymakers, and urbanists seeking deeper knowledge of contemporary urban dynamics and sustainability.