This book highlights practical pathways for strengthening climate resilience in cities through innovative strategies, governance reforms, and human-centered approaches. Integrating insights from urban design, policy, mental health, environmental management, and remote sensing, it showcases solutions ranging from heat-mitigation techniques and green infrastructure to participatory climate justice, eco-psychology, and AI-driven disaster preparedness. With evidence-based case studies from India and the Global South, this book offers actionable frameworks for planners, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners seeking to implement climate-smart interventions and promote sustainable, resilient, and equitable urban futures.
Part 1: Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation strategies.- Issues and
challenges in the mitigation strategies of Urban Heat Island (UHI).-
Nature-based solutions for mitigating combined impacts of heat waves and
urban heat Island.- Bioclimatic design as a strategy to mitigate the impacts
of urban heat island: An overview.- Investigating urban heat island effects
and mitigation strategies in Ahmedabad, India.- Innovative strategies and
solutions for mitigating the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.- Application of
remote sensing and GIS for developing heat action plans.- Part 2: Urban
policy, governance and sustainable development.- Transforming energy and
emission-intensive industry towards zero emissions A policy framework.-
Role of participatory approach and local governance in achieving climate
justice for cities.- Cities in transition: A case study based geospatial
investigation for impact of urban expansion on ecology in Kolkata municipal
corporation and its surroundings.- Legal implications of green building
initiatives in the context of climate change and sustainable development
goals.- Part 3: Urban mental well-being.- Applications of clinical
ecopsychology and ecotherapy in psychological intervention and wellbeing:
Scopes and challenges.- Collage urbanism: Creating a framework for
citizen-centric urban eco-psychology.- Part 4: Urban environmental management
and resilience.- Catalysing awareness on urban climate: A critical study on
narrative elements and reception of sustainability advertising.- Artificial
intelligence and urban disasters resilience: Building a concptual model using
literature review.- Environmental education and its impact on promoting a
clean environment.- Rethinking climate change, extreme events, and resilience
in the South Pacific: A systematic review.
Dr. Kasturi Mukherjee is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Geography at Adamas University, Kolkata, with over a decade of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Calcutta, with research focusing on urban land-use change, urban environmental quality, and geospatial applications in sustainability and public health. A Gold Medalist in her postgraduate studies, she has served as a Visiting Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and as Adjunct Faculty at Digital University Kerala. Her work is widely published in reputed international journals and edited volumes, and she actively contributes as an editor, reviewer, and resource person in national and international academic forums, with strong expertise in remote sensing, GIS, urban studies, and climatesociety interactions.
Dr. Bhadra received his masters degree in Geography, an M.Phil. degree in Oceanography and Coastal Management, and Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS. He did his Doctoral research on Hydrology and Water Resource Management from Jadavpur University and received a Newton-Bhabha Fellowship to attend a Ph.D. internship at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research interest includes fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, water resource management, climate change impact assessment, remote sensing, GIS applications, etc. In 2022, he received the prestigious Core Research Grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST as PI.
Prof. (Dr.) Jitendra K. Pandey completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Polymer Science) in 2007 from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. His research areas are in bio/nanocomposites, degradation, and stabilization of polymer composites, nano-material for water treatment, synthesis, characterization, and analysis of reinforced composites. He has 70+ Research articles, 6 Books, and 17 Patents to his credit. He has been associated with Research and Development in Adamas University, University of petroleum and energy studies Dehradun, Manav Rachna University, Brain Pool Fellow Seoul National University, South Korea, The University of Tokushima, Japan, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces, Glom Germany in various roles.
Dr. Pratik Dash is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, at Khejuri College. He had more than twelve years of research experience including more than seven years of teaching experience. He is expertise in remote sensing and GIS, disaster management and policy, hydrological modeling, flood modeling, etc. He has published several articles in Scopus-indexed journals and books.
Dr. Rajib Sarkar is a geographer who has completed his graduation, post-graduation, and Ph.D. from the University of Burdwan. He completed his post-graduation in Geography in 2007 with a specialization in Advanced Geomorphology. He joined as a junior research fellow (CSIR-UGC) in 2011 and was awarded Ph.D. in 2016. He also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Remote Sensing and GIS from Jadavpur University in 2013 and his Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Management and Planning in 2017. Prior joining to as an assistant professor at Adamas University, he acted as a guest faculty and Resource Person at Jadavpur University, Kalyani University, and Diamond Harbor Womens University. Dr. Rajib Sarkar is currently working on applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in urban planning and management. He has also an interest in Urban Growth Modeling (UGM), Geostatistics.
