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Displaying 15 of about 53 results… Mavalankar, Meredith Connolly and Anjali Jaiswal A deadly heat wave is currently bearing down on communities across India, … The spiking temperatures underscore the need for local heat adaptation plans and early warning systems to reduce the …
SOP for heatwave has been developed by the District Disaster Management Authority of Gorakhpur with technical support from UNICEF, UP. In SOP, the roles & responsibilities of all the departmental stakeholders have been clearly identified & comprehensively described for the mitigation of heatwave. Apart from the above measures, SOP describes the…
… These guidelines aim to facilitate the formation of heat wave action plans among disaster risk reduction stakeholders in India, by providing insights into heat-related illness and the necessary mitigative and …
… records that go back to the 1880s. Globally, the rise in heat-related deaths is stunning: from less than 6,000 in … National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009, recognise heat waves as a natural calamity so few resources are … government has been known to routinely underestimate heat wave tolls . It only counts heat strokes and heat wave …
… improve India’s resilience to the health risks of extreme heat. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its … annual seasonal outlook for the summer expects the 2021 heat season to be warmer than usual over most regions of India. To counter the deadly heat, cities and regions across India are taking strong …
… Brutal temperatures rage across South Asia as heat resilience expands to new cities and states A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as … Disaster Management Authority has notified 23 heat wave-prone states to develop similar heat protection plans …
… 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 …
… there is need for urgent action to combat debilitating heat stress and to build climate-resilient infrastructure … to 450 million is likely to be exposed to the risk of heat stress. India must gear up for this emerging public … on smaller towns and villages. For instance, the 2015 heat wave resulted in over 2,000 deaths in rural Andhra Pradesh. …
… to integrate future climate trends in its projection of heat risk under different geographic conditions. Cooling … data to produce vulnerability maps that corelate urban heat islands with depleted tree covers, under different … regulations towards climate sensitive urban development. Heat vulnerability maps under different climate scenarios can …
… 43°C (109°F) . Ahmedabad is no stranger to extreme heat. The city is responding to strengthen resilience by releasing and implementing the sixth annual Heat Action Plan: Guide to Extreme Heat Planning. The heat … Ahmedabad 2018 Heat Action Plan After a devastating heat wave hit Ahmedabad in 2010, experts determined that extreme …
… Bihar’s heat action plan contains important strategies but is … Indian states’ responses to the growing problem of extreme heat, experts say Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of … He had a stark choice: lose his income or be exposed to heat that can cause serious health issues – and even death. …
… This essay focuses on unusual extreme summer heat extremes occurring in Germany at higher frequency, … are exposed to multiple inner-city threats, such as urban heat islands. Because harm to public health is directly … ambient air temperatures, local and national studies on heat-related morbidity and mortality indicate that vulnerable …
… focuses on the theme of the 'Risk of Heat Waves and Climate Change in India'. It tries to highlight the phenomena of heat waves from the perspectives of various stakeholders … cities. Similarly, an anthropological perspective to heat wave planning is also posited. This issue's contents …
… This paper assesses the state of heat risk governance in the UK through an analysis of the … the perceived effectiveness of the new plan in addressing heat risk. The findings demonstrate that AWHP has been … incidents. Consider flash floods followed by a heat- wave; this dual conundrum makes it even more challenging to …
… and local authorities need to prioritise. Extreme heat is a relatively new challenge for the UK. The 2022 … to evaluate England’s response and resilience to extreme heat events. The research shows that Government needs joined up thinking when it comes to managing extreme heat in the UK and needs to make large scale changes to …