Aromar Revi

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Aromar Revi (* 1961 in Kochi ) is an Indian climate scientist and author. He heads the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS).

Life

Ravi studied at IIT Delhi and Delhi University . He has worked as an advisor to various government ministries, United Nations institutions and companies.

Act

Ravi is a specialist in disaster prevention and management in South Asia as well as global environmental changes , in particular for adapting to and containing climate change .

Ravi is one of the main co-ordinating authors for the Urban Areas chapter in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (2014). He is also one of the authors of the IPCC's special report on global warming of 1.5 degrees (2018).

Publications (selection)

  • 1990 Shelter in India (Sustainable Development Series)
  • 1994 Beyond Housing : Child and Community Centered Habitat Transformation
  • 2008 Climate change risk : an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities. [Environment and Urbanization, 20 (1), 207-229.
  • 2012 Recovering from Earthquakes : Response, Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India

credentials

  1. ↑ Short bio
  2. ↑ a b IPCC Authors (beta) , list of IPCC authors on ipcc.ch (engl.)
  3. ↑ a b c d http://unsdsn.org/about-us/people/aromar-revi/
  4. ↑ http://iihs.co.in/about/board-founding-members/aromar-revi/
personal data
SURNAME Revi, Aromar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian climate scientist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochi