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… in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city which becomes more frequent globally due to … to prepare local communities for increasingly extreme heat in the city of Ahmedabad, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. It argues that climate change is …
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… This brief describes the details of heat action plans launched in 2016 in Nagpur, Odisha and … coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations. Cities and regions across … 2013, Ahmedabad became the first city to implement a heat wave early warning system and preparedness plan in South …
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… This Heat Action Plan aims to provide a framework for the … implementation, coordination, and evaluation of extreme heat response activities in Ahmedabad that reduce the negative health impacts of exposure to extreme heat. The Plan’s primary objective is to alert those …
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… not only the incidences and impacts of heat waves in Asia but also all the scientific and governance … designed to mitigate their damage. While instances of heat waves are on the rise across the world, Asia in particular seems to be reeling under an intense heat wave. According to the meteorologist Etienne Kapikian, at …
… final recommendations for adaptation measures to flood and heat wave events in Cần Thơ. Stakeholders were asked to provide … assessed. A total of 17 adaptation measures for flood and heat waves were identified and validated using the modelling …
… This study seeks to carry out an assessment of the urban heat islands (UHI) phenomena, alongside a vulnerability … … This study seeks to carry out an assessment of the urban heat islands (UHI) phenomena, alongside a vulnerability …
… report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves. The danger posed by extreme heat in urban centers—particularly in the global South—defies …
… adaptation to extreme urban temperatures. The urban heat island (UHI) effect, especially when considered together … This publication finds that:  To address the extreme urban heat challenge, East Asia’s city leaders can adopt a “Places, … in tackling indoor heat; (d) save lives through heat wave early warnings; (e) protect heat-exposed workers; and …
… leadership. By starting small and learning by doing, heat-wave planning and response has become increasingly ambitious … cities can learn from this experience for tackling the heat risk and also for other urban challenges. It focuses on …
… heatwaves as their high built density absorbs and retains heat, leading to higher temperatures than the surrounding areas and causing the ‘heat island’ effect. India’s northwest region routinely … heatwaves, city administrations must prepare and implement heat action plans and modify cities’ overall planning. … This …
… This paper presents the results of a large-scale heat mitigation project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Advanced urban heat mitigation technologies that involve the use of … non-irrigated greenery, were used to design eight holistic heat mitigation scenarios. The paper assesses the climatic …
… the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high … (town, township, neighborhood committee, and equivalent) heat health risk and adaptability assessments are still … Geographics 10(1): Article 7. Klinenberg, E. 2003. Heat wave: A social autopsy of disaster in Chicago. Chicago and …
… Human exposure to dangerous heat, driven by climatic and demographic changes, is … to face significantly increased exposure to dangerous heat in the coming decades. This … pathways in order to explore future exposure to dangerous heat across 173 large African cities. Employing multiple …
… Change Research. The project aims to understand the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects on the daily lives of urban … Change Research. The project aims to understand the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects on the daily lives of urban …
… Ahmedabad implemented South Asia’s first heat action plan (HAP) after a 2010 heatwave. This study … deaths were avoided in the post-HAP period. Extreme heat and HAP warnings after implementation were associated … other cities attempting to increase resilience to extreme heat. … Ahmedabad implemented South Asia’s first heat action …

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