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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Understanding Urbanisation, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Transition Challenges in Global South.- Chapter 2. Assessing the Nexus between Heat Island and Air Pollution towards Sustainable Environment of Industrial Regions in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.- Chapter 3. Impact of sea level rise and unpredicted precipitation events on the Indian Western Coastal Region.- Chapter 4. Climate Resilience in Urban Centres in Fiji Strategies for the Global South.- Chapter 5. Influence of Urban Form on Urban Heat Island and its Planning Implications in Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India.- Chapter 6. Integrated Simulation Modeling and Geospatial Analysis for Assessing Flood and Urban Heat Vulnerability.- Chapter 7. Assessing the Environmental Vulnerability of Coastal City- Kochi, Kerala State, India.- Chapter 8. Exploring the role of Socio-cultural Factors in Disaster Risk Reduction- A Case of Indigenous Koli communities of Mumbai.- Chapter 9. Exploring the risk and socio-economic vulnerability of riverbank erosion hazard along the Upper Tapi river, India.- Chapter 10. Nature-Based Solutions for Mitigating Zoonotic Disease Spillover Risk in Urban Areas.- Chapter 11. Re-Envisioning India’s Silicon Valley as A Water-Sensitive City Bengaluru.- Chapter 12. Transitioning Sri Lanka's Urban Transport, A System Dynamics Approach to Electrification and Decarbonization.- Chapter 13. Can Urban Environment Studies help in designing Environmentally Conducive Neighbourhoods-Case Study from three Indian Cities.- Chapter 14. Landfill Site Selection Directives - A Landscape-Centric Perspective in the Context of Kerala.- Chapter 15. Analyzing Urban Space Design Principles for the Homeless.