Heat Stress in India

Global South bears the disproportionate most buderns of climate warming. This research cluster showcases work focused on the Global South, especially India, examining how patterns of rapid urbanisation intensify climate vulnerabilities, hazards and ultimately risks. Through data-driven approaches the research cluster explores how urban form, housing conditions, and environmental exposures are modified and can have gendered impacts . It explore how built environments can exacerbate or mitigate / adapt extreme heat stress, aiming to inform equitable and climate-resilient urban planning strategies. This research is at the intersection of built environment, climate warming, and gender. 

Publications

• Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Mukherjee, B. (2023). Factor in gender to beat the heat in impoverished settlements, Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02632-3
• Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., & Bell, M. L. (2023). Lethal heatwaves are challenging India’s sustainable development.PLOS Climate,2(4), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000156.
• Li, H., Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., (2024) Heatwave interventions must reduce invisible gendered challenges in the Global South. PLOS Global Public Health 4(10):e0003625. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003625
• Bardhan, R. (2024). Climate adaptation: how can design science help the transition? RIBA Horizon 2034, RIBA. (Invited) Architecture.com
• Lin, Y., Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Mukherjee, B. (2024). Are heatwaves more deadly for women? Significance Magazine, Royal Statistical Society, significancemagazine.com
• Li, H., Zhao, Y., Bardhan, R., Chan, P. W, Derome, D., Luo, Z., Ürge-Vorsatz, D., Carmeliet, J., (2023). Relating Three-Decade Surge in Space Cooling Demand to Urban Warming , Environmental Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0a56

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