This policy brief evaluates the current state of the knowledge of and plans to manage urban heat in South Asia. First, the brief examines heat in South Asian cities through the different layers of the urban environment: buildings, communities, and cities. Next, it adds the human element and...

The recent terror attack in Mumbai and the terrorist attacks in the last few years in the cities of Delhi, Ahmedabad, Islamabad, Kabul, Colombo and the like have put in place urban terrorism fully in view not previously experienced by Indian or security personnel of other South Asian nations,...