Heat wave hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment for India [Abstract only]

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationIndian Institute of Technologyen_US
cg.creator.identifierSahana: 0000-0001-9564-1406en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052503en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1399306en_US
dc.contributor.authorSahana, V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSuresh, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMondal, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMishra, T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T14:37:51Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-09T14:37:51Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137397en_US
dc.titleHeat wave hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment for India [Abstract only]en_US
dcterms.abstractGlobal warming and rising temperatures have increased the occurrence and severity of heat waves across the globe. In India, the heatwave situation could break human survivability, thus jeopardizing food security, public health, as well as economic productivity of the country. With the growing population and as a developing economy, heatwave risk assessment in India is at most important and the analysis must account for changing climate and socio-economic conditions for planning effective heat wave mitigation and adaptation policies. We present a comprehensive district-level analysis of heatwave risk assessment considering the hazard and vulnerability aspects with a focus on regions that are prone to pre-monsoon heatwaves. The heatwave magnitude index is used to compute heatwave hazard at a pentad scale (5 years). Further, the robust aggregation method - Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method is used for heatwave vulnerability assessment. Health, infrastructure, technological, financial, social and exposure indicators from National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS) and other remote sensing datasets are used for mapping heatwave vulnerability. In addition, the study identifies the hotspots of heatwave risk and their driving factors to decipher the individual roles in enhancing the risk of heatwaves and associated impacts such as mortality and health degradation. Therefore, our analysis can inform the climate and heat action plans of municipalities and corporations.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSahana, V.; Suresh, N.; Mondal, A.; Mishra, T. 2023. Heat wave hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment for India [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023 (AGU23), San Francisco, CA, USA and Online, 11-15 December 2023. 2p.en_US
dcterms.descriptionPaper presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2023 (AGU23), San Francisco, CA, USA and Online, 11-15 December 2023.en_US
dcterms.extent2p.en_US
dcterms.issued2023-12-14en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.subjecttemperatureen_US
dcterms.subjectheaten_US
dcterms.subjectvulnerabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectrisk assessmenten_US
dcterms.subjectweather hazardsen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectpublic healthen_US
dcterms.typeConference Paperen_US

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