Urban Heat Equity
Heat Islands and Equity | US EPA
Intra-urban heat islands are caused by the uneven, inequitable spread of landcovers in the urban landscape, leading to more heat-absorbing buildings and ...
Heat Equity - National Integrated Heat Health Information System
Heat Equity The NIHHIS Urban Heat Island mapping program is a covered program under the Biden Administration's Justice40 initiative. As such we are required ...
Local Heat Equity Examples | US EPA
In 2017, New York City launched Cool Neighborhoods NYC, a heat resiliency program that addresses health and climate equity concerns. The $100 ...
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 ...
Urban Heat and Equity: Experiences from C40's Cool Cities Network
This report provides case studies from 12 cities that are working to reduce the inequitable distribution of heat risks across populations and urban areas.
Centering Equity to Address Extreme Heat - Urban Institute
The urban heat island (UHI) effect traps heat in urban centers, making them considerably warmer than surrounding rural areas. This effect occurs for multiple ...
Heat Equity | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Our research includes assessing how to make cities more heat resilient through physical interventions and adaptations to protect public health. Research areas ...
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Urban heat islands and a climate of inequities
Urban areas are, on average, 10°F · The lack of vegetation and abundance of heat-absorbing infrastructure are not the only factors contributing ...
City-Heat Equity Adaptation Tool (City-HEAT): Multi-objective ...
We present the City-Heat Equity Adaptation Tool (City-HEAT), which suggests optimal investments for mitigating urban heat and reducing health impacts through ...
Urban Heat Island Effect Solutions and Funding
To alleviate these disparities, cities can look at heat equity, which is the development of policies and practices that can mitigate the urban ...
Heat and Cooling Equity - Data Team - NYC Council
Increased daytime temperatures, reduced nighttime cooling, and higher air pollution levels associated with urban heat islands can affect human health by ...
Urban Heat Resilience - American Planning Association
Urban Heat and Equity. The impacts of urban heat are not equitably distributed across communities. Some neighborhoods tend to be hotter than others due to a ...
A Heat Equity Lens to Understand Community Perceptions of ... - MDPI
The concept of “heat equity” refers to the development of policies and practices that reduce the inequitable distribution of heat-related risks across different ...
Addressing the Urban Heat Island through an Equity Lens: A Citizen ...
We plan to address the issue of 'urban heat island effect' (UHIE) – cities reaching higher temperatures than surrounding rural landscapes.
Unequal urban heat burdens impede climate justice and equity goals
Unequal urban heat burdens impede climate justice and equity goals. Hui Zhang Hui Zhang 1 School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou ...
City-Heat Equity Adaptation Tool (City-HEAT) available - Climate.gov
With extreme heat events growing in intensity, frequency, and duration, cities need heat adaptation strategies to improve public health and ...
Unequal urban heat burdens impede climate justice and equity goals
Unequal urban heat burdens between Global North and Global South urban settlements. Extreme heat is among the deadliest of weather-related hazards.
Cities Tackling Urban Heat Equity With Cool Roofs and Surfaces
Urban structures including buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun's heat — contributing to “islands” of high ...
UHI is an issue that can largely be solved by considering heat equity and cool building technologies. To address the UHI challenge, Sac Metro Air District ...