Research Overview
Delhi, the capital city of India, is experiencing severe impacts of climate change across seasons – with increasing heat waves, unpredictable rain and flooding and air pollution that is exacerbated during the winter months with altered wind patterns. Our research in Delhi unpacks the complex intersection of rapid urbanization, environmental challenges, and health disparities amidst long standing inequalities. We focus on two sites that illustrate different aspects of urban vulnerability and adaptation for climate hazards across seasons.
Jaitpur is located in the south-east peripheral edge of the city’s boundary. Over years of incremental auto construction in the peripheries of the city, the area has a range of housing typologies including settlements that are classified as unauthorized colonies, as well as self built housing by farming communities on the floodplains of the river Yamuna.
Located in north-west Delhi, Bhalswa has one of three of the city’s largest landfill sites. Several informal waste workers live in close proximity to the landfill in self built housing with insecure tenure and inadequate access to basic services. The city’s changing climate exacerbates multiple vulnerabilities of the residents across seasons.
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