This book delves into the dynamic intersection of climate change, escalation of global extreme heat, and unprecedented urbanization in the rapidly evolving world. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of how cities globally struggle with the increasing risk of urban heat effects. This book identifies causes and provides technological and social solutions, and policy framework for cities. By examining case studies, policy frameworks, and innovative technological and social solutions, this book sheds light on the unique circumstances in the urban landscapes. Furthermore, this book explores the causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies of urban heat, with a focus on their relationship to climate change, policies, and technological and social solutions. This book is a valuable resource for academicians, policymakers, urban planners, environments, and citizens at large.

Lalit Kumar Dashora is a disaster risk management and emergency response specialist and currently works with the United Nations World Food Programme, Vientiane (Lao PDR). Prior to joining UNWFP, he worked with the Asian Development Bank in Tajikistan and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand. He is an Advisory Board Member for the Warning Research Center (WRC) of University College of London (UCL). He is also an Executive Editor of Journal of Hazards, Risk and Resilience (JHRR).  He holds a master’s degree in geo-information science for earth observation, environmental modelling, and management from the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and in urban and regional planning from the School of Planning, CEPT University, India. His research focuses on risk-informed, climate-compatible urban planning and development in developing countries, small island developing states, and other climate-fragile regions in Asia and the Pacific.

 Dr. Mohammed Firoz C. currently serves as the head of the Department of Architecture and Planning as well as chair of the Centre for Climate Resilience and Disaster Management, at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, India. Earlier, he served as a visiting faculty at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London. Dr. Firoz was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He has an academic experience of 20 years and has taught to undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students at the NIT Calicut along with his research and publication activities, and consultancy and university services. He is an editorial board member of 3 journals including Area Development and Policy, Social Impacts, and Humanities and Social Science Communications.

Sujata Saunik is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and served as the chief secretary of the Government of Maharashtra, India. She also served as the additional chief secretary of Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of the Government of Maharashtra; principal secretary of Public Health and Financial Reform of the Government of Maharashtra; and advisor and joint secretary of National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. She is currently doing research on heat impact and building a resilience framework in three cities in Maharashtra, India. She is Takemi Fellow 2018 from T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University. 

Professor Rajib Shaw is a professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University, Japan. His expertise includes disaster governance, community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Progress in Disaster Science and series editor of a Springer book series on disaster risk reduction. Prof. Shaw has published 66 books and over 450 academic papers and book chapters. Professor Shaw is the recipient of prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in 2021 for his contribution in education. He also received United Nations Sasakawa Award in 2022 for his lifetime contribution in the field of disaster risk reduction.