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Cite and reuse
Everything on Common Shade is free to use, share and adapt under CC BY 4.0, with credit. Here is how to cite it, and where to find the data.
How to cite
Every page carries a ready citation at its foot. For the site as a whole:
Common Shade. Extreme heat in South and Southeast Asia: a shared map of consequences, cycles and protection. beattheheat.asia. Updated November 2026. CC BY 4.0.
When you cite a figure, please cite its original source too: each one is linked where it appears, and listed in Sources and references.
The data
The content behind the map is open, as plain JSON files, one for each part. They are updated as the knowledge base grows.
- The 21 vicious cyclesdata/core/LOOPS.json
- The 90 consequences of heatdata/core/CONSEQUENCES.json
- Every link between themdata/core/LINKS.json
- The 33 actions that break cyclesdata/core/LEVERS.json
- Twelve city profilesdata/core/CITY_PROFILES.json
- Ten heatwaves, 1998 to 2026data/core/HEATWAVES.json
- The heat network’s organisationsdata/core/ORGANISATIONS.json
- The glossarydata/core/GLOSSARY.json
The rules every record follows are in data/schema/records.json, and the full text of the site is in one plain-text file.
Films and images
The films and drawings may be shared and shown with credit to Common Shade. The narration voice is LibriTTS (CC BY 4.0), via Piper.