Cooling as social practice: heat mitigation and the making of communal space in Jakarta's informal settlements

• Main Authors: Salsabila, Safira, Amir, Sulfikar, Nastiti, Anindrya
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Jakarta; Informal Settlements
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171312
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The rise of Urban Heat Island (UHI) is harming people across megacities in the world. In Jakarta, the informal settlements are most affected due to the lack of adequate infrastructure to deal with the heat. The heat problem in the informal settlements was primarily exacerbated by overcrowding and a...