Handbook on Urban Heat Management

The IBRD/IDA in USA from Americas region had released this tender for The World Bank seeks the services of a consultancy to develop a handbook on urban heat management in developing countries; as a part of a wider series of handbooks on disaster and climate risks; including the Handbook For Reconstructing after Natural Disasters and the Handbook on Cities and Flooding. The target audience is central; regional; and local government officials; relevant practitioners; and other key stakeholders in civil society; academia; and not-for-profit and private sectors. The handbook should provide comprehensive and actionable guidance on managing the risks and impacts of urban heat; with a strong emphasis on building on what works and learning from global good practice; including cataloging the components of various heat management plans prepared by cities around the world. To complement and improve upon existing publications on urban heat; this handbook should have a concerted focus on cities in the global South; in South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Each chapter of the handbook should include two to three boxes of examples of good or bad practices that have worked or not worked in cities worldwide. The reader should feel empowered to select from a menu of interventions that aligns with their specific context and requirements. Furthermore; they should possess the knowledge necessary to initiate the implementation process and identify the relevant stakeholders to engage in this intervention. The handbook should cover the following key aspects presented in the tentative outline: 1. Understanding Urban Heat Risks and Impacts: The aim of this section is to provide step-by-step guidance on how relevant policymakers and practitioners can better understand heat risks and impacts within their cities. o Heat risks: Identify areas prone to heat hazards based on historical and projected climate data; along with current and future trends of land-use patterns; urban density; and use of surface materials. o Heat impacts: Project impacts of future temperature increases and increased extreme heat events on health (morbidity and mortality); economy and productivity; energy demand and usage; and other indirect impacts via transport disruptions; school closures and/or other “heat shutdowns;” etc. o Heat mapping using technology: Explore the use of satellite and drone imagery; coupled with image processing techniques; to identify and map heat hotspots within urban areas. o Heat measurements: Systematically gather indoor and outdoor heat measurements in different areas of the city; including not only remote sensing of land surface temperatures; but also ambient air temperatures. o Heat vulnerability mapping and metric development: Use heat risk factors; such as building density; materials; and access to green/blue spaces; and other socioeconomic determinants; such as income; age; education; gender; health; and social isolation; to derive heat vulnerability maps and indices or other metrics to inform planning and decision-making processes. o Community needs assessments: Conduct assessments targeting the most heat-vulnerable communities and populations groups. 2. Managing Urban Heat Risks: The aim of this section is to provide step-by-step guidance to relevant policymakers and practitioners on various solutions and interventions to mitigate; prepare for and respond to urban heat; along with insights from case studies; best practices; and lessons learned. These solutions should be categorized based on their scale of implementation (building-; neighborhood/community-level; and city-level) and potential to alleviate heat stress and improve thermal comfort; considering factors like cost-effectiveness; ease of implementation; operational energy savings; etc. The interventions will cover; but are not limited to; the following: o Urban design and planning: Planning and development to enhance urban heat resilience; including nature-based solutions; energy-efficient technologies; heat-resilient building materials and technologies; and passive design measures; through building codes; zoning; and land-use regulations. o Early warning systems: Use of climate/weather forecasts; decision support tools; and predetermined trigger thresholds of heat stress to provide timely alerts and warnings; especially to target populations o Emergency preparedness and response: Coordination/collaboration between emergency management and public health entities to prevent excess morbidity and mortality o Social protection and community resilience: Social safety nets or social protection programs to support vulnerable groups/communities during and after extreme heat events o Public education and outreach o Additional topics of interest: o Cooling centers/resilience hubs o Occupational safety standards for indoor and outdoor labor o Parametric heat insurance for vulnerable population groups/households3 3. Planning for Urban Heat Resilience: The aim of this section is to provide practical guidance on how cities can develop heat management plans; resource urban heat resilience; and implement the plans by analyzing case studies; best practices; and lessons learned. o Development of heat management plans: There are many heat management or heat action plans around the world; such as Ahmedabad; India’s oft-cited heat action plan. These plans often establish goals and pathways to achieve them; baseline data; institutional responsibilities and coordination; and metrics for monitoring and evaluation. This section will catalogue the components of various heat management plans prepared by cities around the world to allow 3 https://onebillionresilient.org/2023/03/07/fighting-extreme-hewhrin/roehususelie sECNH LTE  SIN UIACNM_CGOOAI RCTIFINANHNLNTS TOD N_WEISLR M GE EOINUIPDLS NFINYNM MNSTOA SCECRNO PNAIADAHADOIEGIO STNIYKR MELES with tender notice no. 0002003182 published on 25 Aug 2023. The tender expired on 28 Aug 2023. This tender is sourced from World Bank website and is eligible for suppliers interested in Construction work. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 3480389.