Larkana Under the Heat: Urban Greening as a Lifeline

Larkana Under the Heat: Urban Greening as a Lifeline

By: Sameer Lashari Larkana, one of fastest-growing city in Sindh, is silently facing a dangerous consequence of rising urban heat. The city’s temperature often touches 45°C in summer, making the already harsh heat stress conditions experienced by its citizens even more difficult. The increasing urbanization, lack of vegetation, and extensive concrete infrastructure have further added to the problem, resulting in extreme Urban Heat Island (UHI) e…