Exploring Urban Heat Islands and Temperature Inequality in U.S. ...

The study found green spaces and reflective surfaces help cool cities and urban areas get hotter as they become more developed.

Heat Islands and Equity | US EPA

Researchers have found that intra-urban heat islands are often linked to demographic factors such as income and race. An EPA review of several studies found ...

Urban Heat Island and Temperature Inequality - AMS Journals

Exploring intracity LST dynamics, the study reveals a significant correlation between urban intensity (UI) and LST, with LST rising as UI increases. Notably, ...

Urban heat islands and a climate of inequities

Urban areas are, on average, 10°F warmer than surrounding natural land cover. According to the U.S. EPA, UHIs are urbanized areas that ...

Population-Based Disparities in U.S. Urban Heat Exposure from ...

Previous studies have shown, in the United States (U.S.), that communities of color are exposed to significantly higher temperatures in ...

Everything you need to know about the urban heat island effect

Running air conditioning during high temperatures can be a financial burden, and between a quarter and one-third of US households experience ...

The urban divide: unequal distribution of heat-related risks on city ...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a phenomenon typically associated with urban areas, and is defined as a temperature difference between urban ...

The inequitable consequences of 'heat islands' within the ...

... islands and thermal inequality in U.S. cities can impact housing affordability and economic inequality ... climate change on urban U.S. ...

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 ...

Urban Heat Islands and Energy Inequality in Syracuse, New York

Urban heat islands cause disproportionate energy burdens for people living in neighborhoods that are low-income and that have higher populations of people of ...

Urban Heat Hot Spots | Climate Central

KEY CONCEPTS · About 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities, where the urban heat island effect can worsen heat extremes. · Climate Central ...

Inequality, Urban Heat Islands, and Crime

3 This is in addition to the heightened temperatures that cities are subject to, compared to surrounding areas, due to urban heat island. (UHI) ...

Urban Heat Islands - Elevating City Temperatures - Tidal Basin Group

They're called urban heat islands (UHIs); a review of research studies and data found that in the United States, the heat island effect results ...

Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across ...

We calculate harm on the basis of the census tract level database of SUHI intensity for the USA we developed in ref.. During summer months, ...

Urban Heat Equity - An American Forests Data Short

City1 averages were calculated as the area-weighted mean of all block group mean summer high surface temperatures. Block groups were flagged as a heat anomaly ...

Widespread Race and Class Disparities in Surface Urban Heat ...

Here we use remotely sensed land surface temperature measurements to explore the distribution of the United States' urban heating burden, ...

Urban Heat Island Effect Solutions and Funding

Concentrated urban heat islands in cities can increase energy costs, air pollution levels, heat-related illness and even resident mortality.

Cool solutions for urban heat islands

With nearly 80% of the U.S. population residing in cities amid a warming climate, the heat island effect poses a health threat to tens of ...

Inequality in heat: The role of spatial patterns of urban green ...

Consistent heat disparities emerged among certain population groups. · UGI land use percentage had a nonlinear effect on neighborhood temperatures. · Patch ...

Analysis of urban heat islands identifies neighborhoods that expose ...

A new Climate Central analysis of census tract-level data for 44 U.S. cities found that the urban heat island effect elevates local temperatures ...