Hyderabad, March 4 -- Informal settlements, industrial clusters and areas near landfills are among the most vulnerable to extreme heat in Hyderabad, while neighbourhoods with greater greenery and water bodies remain significantly cooler, participants at an Urban Heat Data Jam in the city found.

The exercise, organised by OpenCity.in - a civic-tech programme of the Oorvani Foundation - in collaboration with Uncharted Science, IIIT-Hyderabad, Climate Front Telangana, Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), and the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society, brought together 26 participants, including GIS experts, students, engineers and civic activists.

Using publicly available data on heat, environmental indicators such as particulat...