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In the City - Global Heat Health Information Network

Over half of the world population now lives in cities that are disproportionately heating due to climate change and urban heat island effects.

Reducing Urban Heat with Cool Roofs and Solar-Reflective Walls

Urban heat islands occur when the temperature in urban environments is ... Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities.

Climate Racism Leaves People of Color at Greater Risk of Heat Stress

For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found the increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat, which ...

"Comparing Shade and Impervious Surface Area with Extreme Heat ...

... urban sprawling has prompted a disproportionate exposure to extreme heat within underserved communities ... To analyze the urban heat island (UHI) effect across ...

Environmental Justice & Climate Change in Wichita, Kansas

Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities. Nat Commun 12, 2721 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467 ...

Using Green Solutions to Cover the Dark, Red History of Urban Heat ...

An urban heat island (UHI) is an area in a city that experiences higher temperatures relative to surrounding areas. New York City (NYC) ...

Heat and smog hit low-income communities and people of color ...

In majority-White neighborhoods, the urban heat island effect was an average of 1.47 degree Celsius. For people of color and those living ...

Urban Heat Islands & Climate Change - MOST Policy Initiative

... urban heat island effects. Science Highlights. ○ Urban ... Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities.

Urban Heat Islands - LC E-Magazine

There is also evidence that specific areas and groups of people within cities are disproportionately more likely to be impacted by the effects ...

1 Inside the Urban Melting Pot: Exploring the Effects of Redlining ...

As the intensity of the heat island varies spatially within cities, location within a city may result in disproportionate exposure to extreme heat (Wilson, 2020 ...

Unequal exposure to heatwaves in Los Angeles: Impact of uneven ...

One of the major factors that exacerbate this risk in cities is the urban heat island effect, which refers to the phenomenon that urban areas ...

Heat Resilience Solutions for Boston

The Urban Heat Island Index (UHII) map shows the difference in temperatures across ... Reduce indoor and outdoor urban heat exposure, intensity ...

Interactive heat vulnerability index. - NYC.gov

The factors included in the HVI are surface temperature, green space, access to home air conditioning, and the percentage of residents who are low-income or non ...

Chapel Hill Heat Watch 2021 Campaign Report

DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE TO. URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY ACROSS MAJOR US CITIES. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1), 1-11. Page 6. Campaign Design. Connect with ...

Continued Rises in Extreme Heat and Implications for Health ... - KFF

Climate change-related extreme heat events have lengthened, become more frequent, and increased in intensity over the past few decades with ...

Impacts of spatial explanatory variables on surface urban heat ...

Although the satellite-derived surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) is a commonly used indicator, it still needs to be determined the SUHII between urban ...

A case study for China's Greater Bay Area from 2010 to 2020

Disproportionate exposure to surface-urban heat islands across vulnerable populations in Lima city, Peru. Environmental Research Letters, 18: ...

Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities - Climate Central

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “the urban heat island effect is a measurable increase in ambient urban air temperatures ...

Cool solutions for a hotter climate: Tackling urban heat island effect ...

Low-income neighborhoods, communities lacking green spaces, and other marginalized populations bear a disproportionate burden of the economic ...

A study on the city district level in the Ruhr area, Germany: Heliyon

Our results show distinct disparities in heat exposure, green availability, and social status between city districts of the study area.