In the second episode of the podcast series titled ‘Data for Resilient Cities,’ Nitika Bhakuni starts a conversation with Stephen Diggs on climate change leading to extreme weather conditions and resulting in flooding especially in urban areas. The speakers discuss the impacts of these events on the cities and the various dimensions in understanding urban flooding. Talking about planning future cities, the two put emphasis on how data can be used to build resilience in our cities by understanding the causes and impacts there off. They further explore the importance of data that is “fit-for-purpose” along with its timeless. Some of the interesting elements from their interaction highlight methods used internationally and locally in India for mitigating adverse impacts of urban floods, policy frameworks available for data sharing and the importance of financing data systems towards building resilient cities. Nitika is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Planning, CEPT University. She is a geographer planner with a Doctoral Degree from CEPT University and Masters in Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. With nearly 18 years of work experience in consultancy in India and the UK and over 10 years of teaching experience in India. Her expertise lies in database management, land use transport integration and equity issues for a wide range of transportation projects undertaken at CRDF, CEPT. Apart from this she is involved in organising, managing and delivering several capacity building programs for in-service transport professionals in the field of transportation. Steve is the Technical Director of the Hydrographic Data Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A former field engineer, he has dedicated the last three decades to the design and operation of enterprise-level geophysical information systems that seamlessly transform sensor telemetry into available data for the research community. In addition, Steve is a member of numerous international data science teams and is co-chair of the Task Group on Improving Data Access and Reusability for the International Science Council (IDAR-TG CODATA). He is also the 2018-2020 co-chair of the US National Science Foundation’s Council of Data Facilities.