1. ABOUT THE DATASET -------------------- Title: Data repository for heat stress and the cooling system in Pune, India. Creator(s): Yulan Sheng, Sumedha Basu and Catherine Bale. Organisation(s): University of Leeds. Rights-holder(s):Unless otherwise stated, Copyright 2025 University of Leeds Publication Year: 2025 Description: This repository contains data collected for the project "Co-creating visions and pathways for integrated urban heat systems" undertaken by researchers at the University of Leeds in collaboration with Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture. Data in this repository contain both processed quantitative data from other online sources and primary qualitative data collected during fieldwork conducted in informal settlements - Kishkindha Nagar and Shinde Vasti - during the project. Cite as: Yulan Sheng, Sumedha Basu, and Catherine Bale (2025): Data repository for heat stress and the cooling system in Pune, India. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5518/1718. Related publication: 1.Basu, S., & Bale, C.S.E., (2024). Complex systems mapping of sustainable cooling landscape in Pune, UCCRN AC 3.2 case study. https://doi.org/10.7916/qbpe-bv52. 2.Basu, S., Bale, C., Sheng, Y., Athavale, M., Dhamankar N., Kulkarni, P., Karve S., Yadav, D. Heat stress in informal settlements: Lived experiences and aspirations from Pune, India. (In Prep.). 3. Sheng, Y., Basu, S., Bale, C. Sustainable cooling for all? Assess if cooling policies in India really serving the most vulnerable. (In Prep.). 4. Basu, S., Bale, C., Athavale, M., Dhamankar N., Kulkarni, P.D., Karve S., Sheng, Y., Yadav, D. Lived experiences of heat stress in Pune’s informal settlements: policy recommendations. (In Prep.). Contact: y.sheng1@leeds.ac.uk, c.s.e.bale@leeds.ac.uk 2. TERMS OF USE --------------- Copyright 2025 University of Leeds. Unless otherwise stated, this dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION ---------------------------------- Title: Co-creating visions and pathways for integrated urban heat systems Dates: Aug, 2018 - March, 2026 Funding organisation: EPSRC Grant no.: EP/R024197/1 4. CONTENTS ----------- File listing Pune Data Repository.xlsx This spreadsheet containing all the processed quantitative and qualitative data collected describing the heat stress and the cooling system in Pune, India. The data are classified into four categories: Urban form, Climate, Population and Qualitative data. For each category, a cover page with description of the data, processing methodology, link to original data source and date of last access is provided. Detailed methodology and questions designed are provided for qualitative data. Some visualisations are included. All licencing and rights have been checked for the data collected online, and only processed quantitative data is stored. Visual FGDs This folder contains the collected chart papers through the focus group in two settlements in Pune, India, detailed information is recorded in the "Pune Data Repository.xlsx". 5. METHODS ---------- Detailed description and methods are recorded in the "Pune data repository.csv".