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Published articles, policy essays, and urban planning research.
Bholakpur's Warming Pulse: A Decade of Urbanization and Heat
How Ward 88 in Hyderabad heated up 1.85°C in ten years
Bholakpur Ward 88 in Hyderabad has seen median land surface temperatures rise from 40.8°C to 42.7°C between 2014 and 2024 — a 1.85°C increase — despite slight gains in vegetation. Using satellite thermal data, this piece traces how concrete expansion and densification are driving heat in one of the city's most populated neighbourhoods.
Caught in the Heat Trap: How Urban Sprawl is Reshaping Life in Hyderabad's Kondapur Ward
Thermal inequity across income lines in Ward 104
In Hyderabad's Ward 104, rapid urbanization has pushed land surface temperatures from 47.5°C to 52.5°C over a decade. Dense, lower-income pockets like Premnagar experience disproportionately higher temperatures than affluent zones — a thermal map of inequality made visible through satellite imagery.
Tracking Urban Heat in Bellandur
How Bengaluru's IT boom turned villages into heat hotspots
Bellandur in Bengaluru's Ward 150 exemplifies how rapid IT-driven urbanization transforms thermal environments. Open areas register temperatures roughly 10°C hotter than surrounding zones, while lakes and tree-covered areas still function as natural cooling refuges — a pattern that reveals how much urban heat depends on what we choose to preserve.