Rising temperatures, deadly threat: recommendations for slum communities in Ahmedabad

This issue brief is one of four published to provide specific recommendations for leading stakeholders and the most vulnerable residents who will be impacted by extreme heat in Ahmedabad: key government agencies, health care professionals, outdoor workers, and slum communities.

In the city of Ahmedabad, the poorer communities are particularly at risk to heat waves’ destructive impact. Residents of slum communities are more exposed to extreme heat and more susceptible to heat’s effects on health, and they have fewer adaptation options available. Targeted policy interventions on multiple levels are needed to reduce the devastating health effects of heat stress in India and increase resilience in local communities to rising temperatures. 

This issue brief provides lessons learned from this situation and offers key recommendations, which aim to increase the resilience of the city’s vulnerable slum populations to rising temperatures.