Peenya Industrial Area, one of Bengaluru's oldest industrial hubs, is facing a significant challenge — rising urban temperatures exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The aggregated maximum Land Surface Temperature for the first 8 months increased from 43 ℃ in 2023 to 46 ℃ in 2024, as derived from the ECOSTRESS sensor. This phenomenon, in which urban areas experience higher temperatures than their rural counterparts, is particularly pronounced in Peenya. The area’s industrial growth, coupled with a lack of green cover and the prevalent use of heat-absorbing materials, has made it one of the hottest zones in the…
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Devika AJ is an urban planner at Assystem, with a master’s in Urban Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. She has experience as a junior architect and worked under the TULIP internship at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Her interests include offering a gender lens to sustainable urban planning.