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Shiv Yücel
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DPhil Researcher in Geography and the Environment @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @tsuoxford.bsky.social | human mobility, climate adaptation, inequality, geographic data science Personal website: https://shivyucel.github.io
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · 29d
⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · 29d
Great to see recent research from @sgyucel.bsky.social & @timschwanen.bsky.social highlighted in Nature Climate Change. bsky.app/profile/sgyu...
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · 29d
⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · 29d
🔗 Here is the link to the research highlight: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔗 and the original study in Global Environmental Change: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@tsuoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Activity changes during heatwaves - Nature Climate Change
Nature Climate Change - Activity changes during heatwaves
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · 29d
⭐ Fantastic to see recent work w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social featured as a Research Highlight in the latest issue of Nature Climate Change. In this work, we examine how people across the Pacific Northwest of North America adapt their various everyday activities to cope with the threat of heatwaves.
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
And here is the link to the full paper!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Heatwave adaptation conditioned by everyday life: Analysing interacting changes to daily activities during Pacific Northwest summers
As heatwaves increase in intensity, frequency, and duration, there is an urgent need for adaptation to limit their adverse effects on health, well-bei…
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
Thank you very much to the SSHRC-CRSH and the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (CCSF) for their generous support on this work.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
We find:
•People’s adaptive responses to heatwaves vary with regional climate.
•Absolute and relative heatwave intensities condition adaptation.
•Adaptation is a dynamic process that evolves over time.
•Urban form and socio-economic disparities influence activity trade-offs during heatwaves.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
Using cell phone mobility, climate, and census data, we simultaneously model how people's everyday activities (home, work, transit, grocery/pharmacy, retail/recreation, park) change together during heatwaves across the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
This paper contextualizes heatwaves within people’s everyday lives, highlighting how daily activities and obligations condition behavioural adaptations across the Pacific Northwest of North America (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California).

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
Given that these ever-worsening heatwaves occur alongside people's daily lives, there is an urgent need to understand how people adapt and the underlying structures which influence how they can protect themselves.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
Last month alone (June 2025), extreme heat killed 2300 people across 12 major European cities, two-thirds of which are attributed to the ongoing climate crisis.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jul 9
📕 New paper out w/ @timschwanen.bsky.social in Global Environmental Change: "Heatwave adaptation conditioned by everyday life: Analyzing interacting changes to daily activities during Pacific Northwest summers"📕

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
Special thank you to @timschwanen.bsky.social for his support and insightful feedback throughout the project.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
This study highlights how wide-ranging social factors mediate people's exposure and adaptive responses to heatwaves across England.

🔗 For those interested in reading more, the full study is linked here: lnkd.in/dYuZW_6Y

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
3️⃣ Medical services are sought more by people who rent their homes and less by non-white individuals during extreme heatwaves

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
1️⃣ People working or having worked in routine/manual occupations are less likely to shelter at home during extreme heatwaves
2️⃣ Older individuals remain more active during extreme heatwaves while those with mobility difficulties are more likely to shelter at home

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
People widely shelter at home during extreme heatwaves but remain slightly more active during moderate ones; however, there are important differences in adaptation according to the heat-related vulnerability factors of those exposed:

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
Using England’s National Travel Survey (2007–2019), this study examines how people adapt to heatwaves—by staying home or seeking medical services—across different heat intensities and detailed factors related to socio-demographics, health, employment, housing, and spatio-temporal context.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
Heatwaves are commonly known as 'social disasters' which prey on existing inequalities. Despite growing concern for heatwaves globally, little is known about the social processes which shape heat exposure and limit people's capacities to adapt.

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jun 19
🚨 Excited to share the pre-print for the 3rd paper from my DPhil research! 🚨

"The joint impact of summer heatwave intensity and heat-vulnerability factors on adaptive responses: A case study using England's National Travel Survey"

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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · Apr 30
ah I see it's "photo of people enjoying sunshine to illustrate mass heatwave deaths" season again.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · Apr 30
Thousands more people could die from overheating each year if Britain does not adapt to a warming world to avert
“tomorrow’s disasters”, the UK government’s climate advisers have warned.

@thecccuk.bsky.social says no sign Labour are taking climate adaptation more seriously than Tories
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Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford @tsuoxford.bsky.social · Jan 9
We are delighted to announce that @ccriadoperez.bsky.social will be giving our Annual Lecture for 2025 on Women, travel and data bias. Book now to join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/manage/event...
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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jan 6
This research resulted from an exciting collaboration between the @tsuoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social and the Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

www.tsu.ox.ac.uk
geog.hkbu.edu.hk

Full link to pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jan 6
🌍 Everyday adaptation to heatwaves is a global phenomenon
🏠 Withdrawal towards the home is the most common adaptive strategy
❌ Not all activities are abandoned equally
↔️ Adaptation is more than staying home -- sometimes involves visiting non-home, potentially cooling facilities

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jan 6
In this study, we examine how people across 7 countries (🇧🇷🇨🇳🇫🇷🇮🇳🇳🇬🇹🇷🇺🇲) adapt their everyday activities to cope with the threat of extreme heat. Combining cell phone mobility, weather/climate, socio-demographic, and physical-geographic data, we reach the following conclusions:...

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Shiv Yücel @sgyucel.bsky.social · Jan 6
🌆 ☀️ New pre-print online! “Everyday adaptation to summer heatwaves: A global perspective” with Yuan Liang, Donggen Wang, and @timschwanen.bsky.social.

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Full link to pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/so...
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