Heat action plans in eight Indian cities: Knowledge gaps & opportunities for intersectoral heat governance.

ABSTRACT: Background & objectives Extreme heat in cities poses significant health risks especially to vulnerable populations. Climate change has led to heatwaves in India increasing in frequency and duration. To address the heat-health challenges, heat action plans (HAPs) are a key instrument for heat governance. The objective of this study is to critically assess city level HAPs from India, in terms of the eight core elements identified by the World Health Organization guidance on heat-health action. Methods The study uses a benchmarking approach in mapping the representation of core elements across eight city-level HAPs, to assess the plan's coverage and extent of development for each element and its sub-elements. Supportive text analysis was conducted using R software to study the frequency of us

SUBMITTER: Dasgupta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12744582 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature