How are Indian cities adapting to extreme heat? Insights on heat risk governance and incremental adaptation from ten urban Heat Action Plans

Chandni Singh; Divyanshi Vyas; Sheetal Patil; Nihal Ranjit; Prathijna Poonacha; Swati Surampally

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000484

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How are Indian cities adapting to extreme heat? Insights on heat risk governance and incremental adaptation from ten urban Heat Action Plans

Chandni Singh ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chandni.singh@iihs.ac.in

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-6735

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Divyanshi Vyas,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India
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Sheetal Patil,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India
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Nihal Ranjit,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1937-2520

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Prathijna Poonacha,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2081-1989

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Swati Surampally

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3755-597X

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How are Indian cities adapting to extreme heat? Insights on heat risk governance and incremental adaptation from ten urban Heat Action Plans

Chandni Singh,
Divyanshi Vyas,
Sheetal Patil,
Nihal Ranjit,
Prathijna Poonacha,
Swati Surampally

Published: November 15, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000484

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