Fuchs, Janina;
Lambert, Rita;
Tomei, Julia;
(2023)
Slum redevelopment and its gendered implications on thermal comfort –
the experiences of female residents in Ahmedabad.
In: Rawal, Rajan and Shukla, Yash and Roaf, Susan, (eds.)
Proceedings of Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) 2023.
(pp. pp. 1-11).
CEPT University Press: Ahmedabad, India.
Preview |
Text
CATE Paper GEMDev final.pdf - Published Version Download (305kB) | Preview |
Abstract
India is among the countries most affected by climate change and extreme heat. Almost 50% of the urban population lives in low-income settlements, where it is even more challenging for residents to afford and operate cooling devices or draw on other coping strategies. Although slum redevelopment approaches have improved services and delivered weatherproof homes, they also changed heat dynamics for residents, oftentimes negatively depending on their design, implementation, and operation. Those changes disproportionately affect women who spend more time indoors for home-based work and household chores. Such gendered implications have received little attention. This research deploys focus group discussions and household surveys, to capture the practices, experiences and perceptions of female residents related to thermal comfort in slum rehabilitation housing in three areas in Ahmedabad, India. The results illustrate the changes that the move to high-rise housing entails, especially for women: for example, reverse heat retention dynamics during summers, which cause sleeping issues, and thermal comfort inequity, which manifests as flats on higher floors are hotter than flats on lower floors. The results call for decisionmakers, developers, and researchers to better integrate thermal comfort into building design, and give more consideration to the gendered aspects of thermal comfort in redevelopment.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Slum redevelopment and its gendered implications on thermal comfort – the experiences of female residents in Ahmedabad |
| Event: | Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) 2023 |
| Location: | Ahemdabad, India |
| Dates: | 13 Dec 2023 - 15 Dec 2023 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-93-83184-84-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://carbse.org/book_of_process.php |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Slum redevelopment, thermal comfort, gender, developing countries, low-income households |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206550 |
Loading...
Loading...Loading...Loading...Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
