Harini Nagendra

Harini Nagendra is a Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, and leads the University Center for Climate Change and Sustainability. For three decades, she has conducted research examining social-ecological change in the forests and cities of South Asia. Her books include ​“Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future” (Oxford University Press, 2016) and ​“Cities and Canopies: Trees of Indian Cities” (Penguin, 2019, with Seema Mundoli). She is a Steering Committee member of the Future Earth Programme for Ecosystem Change and Society, and the Future Earth Urban Knowledge Advisory Network.

Along the banks of the Buriganga River, a Muslim boatman performs evening prayer in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 1, 2021.
Urbanization

Cities: Creating Transformative Spaces that Address Climate and Health

by Brenda B. Lin, Harini Nagendra, Susan Parnell

Nature-based and social solutions benefit cities in low- and middle-income countries