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Nature-based solutions and urban biodiversity conservation in the Global South

Ravi Jambhekar, Ryan Satish, Swarnika Sharma, Gayatri Bakhale, Priya Ranganathan, Dilip G.T. Naidu, Kadambari Deshpande, Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Festivals behind gates: Placemaking strategies in Bengaluru’s privatized festivalscapes

Shubhi Sonal, Roshini Muralidhara

Can cities keep up? A Tetrad axes graphic(TAG) model for evaluating readinessfor neighbourhood densification in Bengaluru,India

Shubhi Sonal

Evaluating indoor thermal resilience of passive and low-power cooling shelters for outdoor workers in India

Yi Wu, Jeetika Malik, Tianzhen Hong, Elif Kilic, Prasad Vaidya, Da Yan, Ashok Gadgil

Redefining Modernity and the Malayalam Print

Pooja Sagar

The money challenge of climate change

Dipak Dasgupta, Aromar Revi, Sania Wadud

Sustaining sites of learning beyond the university: Pedagogical reflections from IIHS’ Inclusive housing programme

Ruchika Lall, Rashee Mehra

Transitions and trajectories in higher education: Faculty and learner experiences.

Neha Sami, Vikas John

Still thinking from the south: A sequel from Beirut

Gautam Bhan

Heterocyclic compounds of Gmelina Arborea plant leaf extract-mediated biosynthesis and characterization of stable silver, gold nanoparticles, and their nanoalloys

Gajanan Hegde, Tanuja Kadre

Differentiated outcomes of climate change-induced internal migration in India

Aditi Apparaju

Negotiating care with employers: NGO articulations and assemblages of care infrastructure for migrants at worksites

Divya Ravindranath, Vrashali Khandelwal

Performance Testing Protocol for Early-Stage Cooling Innovators: Insights from the Solar Decathlon India Challenge Product Division

Amanda Thounaojam, Amruthraj M Nagaraja, Jaydeep Bhadra, Prasad Vaidya

Rolling back insulation in naturally ventilated buildings: A case to re-evaluate the residential energy code in India

Gaurav Vakil, Prasad Vaidya, Yashima Jain, Pooja Suresh Hollannavar, Amanda Thounaojam, Arjita Gupta

Divergent: Passive buildings provide thermal resilience in a dystopian warming climate

Amanda Thounaojam, Prasad Vaidya

Incorporating varying vegetation characteristics driven by Hydrometeorology in the land surface modeling by variable Infiltration Capacity model

Dawn Emil Sebastian, Subimal Ghosh

Crisis of imagination/(re)imaginations for a (climate) crisis

Ankit Kumar, Chandni Singh, Lauren Hermanus, Lalitha Kamath, Wangui Kimari, Mark Pelling, Harriet Bulkeley

Phantom load: An immersive 3D energy detective game

Jeslu Celine Jacob, Amruthraj Nagaraja, Prasad Vaidya

A Systematic Review of Climate Change Adaptation in Vegetable Farming Systems in Africa

Perspectives on Climate Change in South Asia

Sap Flux and Stand Scale Transpiration Measurements of a Chir Pine Forest in the West-Central Himalayas of India – Radial and Seasonal Variations and Comparison with Co-Located Hydrometeorological and Evapotranspiration Measurements

Mukesh Kumar, Jaya Khanna, Jyoti Ranjan Mohanty, Girish Rama Varma, Denzil Daniel, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Sumit Sen

Toward reforms: Revisiting public library legislation in Indian states

Sheshagiri Kulkarni, B Preedip Balaji, Dhanamjaya M

Fractured Desires and Framing Histories

Building Climate Resilience and Ensuring Water Security in Ramanathapuram: Strategies for Sustainable Adaptation

Subha Muthu Kumar, S. Sanchita, G. Harish

What is Climate Justice?

Bronwyn Hayward, Chandni Singh, Amelia Woods

Autobiographies of Malayali biomedical doctors : Culture, memory and medicine

Pooja Sagar

Global synthesis and regional insights for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions

Timon McPhearson, Niki Frantzeskaki, Alessandro Ossola, Loan Diep, Pippin M. L. Anderson, Timothy Blatch, Marcus J. Collier, Elizabeth M. Cook, Christina Culwick Fatti, Zbigniew J. Grabowski, Nancy B. Grimm, Dagmar Haase, Pablo Herreros-Cantis, Jessica Kavonic, Brenda B. Lin, Duván H. Lopez Meneses, A. Marissa Matsler, Magnus Moglia, Jordi Morató, Patrick O’Farrell, Parama Roy, Chandni Singh, Jing Wang, Weiqi Zhou.

Product innovation through solar decathlon India: sustainable cooling solutions for retrofitting residential buildings

Pooja Suresh Hollannavar, Prasad Vaidya, Amanda Thounaojam

Lost and damaged: a systematic review of current loss and damage due to climate change in India

Nivedita Joshi, Nihal Ranjit, Ananya Peddibhotla, Chandni Singh

Validating laboratory predictions of soil rewetting respiration pulses using field data

Xiankun Li, Marleen Pallandt, Dilip Naidu, Johannes Rousk, Gustaf Hugelius, and Stefano Manzoni

Integrating Nature-based Solutions for urban water security in global south

Liya E. Abera, Suman Jumani, Charles B. van Rees, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Cydney K. Seigerman, Donald R. Nelson, Jonathan Hallemeier, Dawit W. Mulatu, Roshni Arora, María Paula Viscardo Sesma, Kalkidan Asnake, John Aliu, Anthonette Quayee, Soojeong Myeong, Marta Echevarria, Maegaret Stern, Anita van Breda, Missaka Hettiarachchi, Ana Christina Becerra, Annika Quick, S. Kyle McKay

Effects of heat stress and green cover on urban birds in the megacity of Bengaluru

Ravi Jambhekar, Dilip G. T. Naidu, Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Approximate Bayesian Inference for High-Resolution Spatial Disaggregation Using Alternative Data Sources

Anis Pakrashi, Arnab Hazra, Sooraj M. Raveendran, Krishnachandran Balakrishnan

Distribution of Rusty-Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) Recorded from Camera Trap from Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India

Climate Warming Modifies Hydrological Responses in the Southern Western Ghats and the Western Coastal Plains (India): Insights from CMIP6-VIC Simulations

Integration Of Blue, Green, and Grey Infrastructure in Urban Campuses as a Nature Based Solution for Resilience and Harnessing Co-Benefits

Skin Disease: Interrogating Chronic Illness Through Oral History

Gridded Population Data for India: Accuracy Assessment and a New Benchmark

Sustainable Cooling Approaches for a Warming World: A Literature Review

An Indian Perspective on One Health Prescriptions

Bengaluru Floods Spotlight Unequal Risk on Migrant Settlements

Human Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: Gaps and Knowledge Frontiers

How are Indian Cities Adapting to Extreme Heat? Insights on Heat Risk Governance and Incremental Adaptation from Ten Urban Heat Action Plans

Riverfront Development and its Consequences for Aquatic Biodiversity

Rapid declines in freshwater gastropods in Pune city, India

Exploring Best Practices in Smart Public Library Services: A Survey

Assessment and Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Tier 2 Cities of Karnataka, India: A Case Study of Hubli-Dharwad and Davanagere

Mapping Water Governance Strategies in Colonial Bangalore

Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene

Assessment of Climate Resilience and Water Security Strategies Using a Stakeholder Mapping Technique in Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu