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How Cities Can Adapt to a Hotter Planet
The Urbanist, June 2021by: Natalie ArgeriousThis article gives an overview of strategies that communities can implement to address urban heat island effects. -
Legal Tools for Cities to Cope with Extreme Heat
New York Law Journal, 260(91): 1-3, 2018by: Michael Gerrard, Edward McTiernanThis article discusses legal tools to help communities address the risks associated with extreme heat events. -
How to Adapt Your City to Extreme Heat
C40 Knowledge Hub, November 2021This article explores technologies and strategies to help communities adapt to extreme heat events. -
Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard: Evaluating Networks of Plans in Six US Coastal Cities
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62(5):1-20, 2018by: Philip Berke, Matthew Malecha, Siyu Yu, AICP, Taylor & FrancisThis article presents a scorecard that can support planners’ hazard mitigation efforts. -
Nature-Based Solutions: How Cities Can Use Nature to Manage Climate Risks
C40 Knowledge Hub, November 2021This article explores the use of nature-based solutions to help reduce the impacts of climate change. -
Municipal Heat Wave Response Plans
American Journal of Public Health, 94(9): 1520-1522, 2004by: Susan Bernard, Michael McGeehinThis article draws attention to the lack or inadequacy of heat response plans. -
Planning for Extreme Heat: A Review
Journal of Extreme Events, 6(3):1-27, 2020by: Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow, Tess WagnerThis article examines the current state of planning for extreme heat. -
Public Transit Infrastructure and Heat Perceptions in Hot and Dry Climates
International Journal of Biometeorology, 66: 345-356, 2022by: Yuliya Dzyuban, David Hondula, Paul CoseoThis article evaluates the experiences of public transit users in hot and dry climates. -
Shifting from “Community-Placed” to “Community-Based” Research to Advance Health Equity: A Case Study of the Heatwaves, Housing, and Health: Increasing Climate Resiliency in Detroit (HHH) Partnership
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18): 1-19, 2019by: Todd Ziegler, Chris Coombe, Zachary RoweThis article examines a climate resiliency partnership in Detroit, Michigan. -
Resiliency Hubs Help Baltimore Plan for Climate Emergency in Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Next City, August 2021by: Jared BreyThis article gives an overview of Baltimore's resilience hubs that are supporting neighborhoods more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. -
Strategies to Reduce the Harmful Effects of Extreme Heat Events: A Four-City Study
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(2): 1960-1988, 2014by: Jalonne White-Newsome, Sabrina McCormick, Natalie SampsonThis article identifies several strategies that local governments are implementing to address the impacts of extreme heat events. -
Supporting Local Climate Adaptation: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Environmental Science & Policy, 66: 344-352, 2016by: John Nordgren, Missy Stults, Sara MeerowThis article explores the climate adaptation resources available to support the efforts of local practitioners. -
Social Equity in Urban Resilience Planning
The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 24(9): 793-808, 2019by: Sara Meerow, Pani Pajouhesh, Thad MillerThis article discusses how to incorporate equity into urban resilience planning processes. -
The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas
Climate, 8(1): 1-15, 2020by: Jeremy Hoffman, Vivek Shandas, Nicholas PendletonThis article explores the relationship between redlining and urban heat in 108 communities in the United States. -
The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation
Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(7): 811-817, 2013by: Bill Jesdale, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Lara CushingThis article evaluates the distribution of land cover that contributes to urban heat across areas with different racial and ethnic groups. -
The Impact of the Phoenix Urban Heat Island on Residential Water Use
Journal of the American Planning Association, 73(3): 317-329, 2007by: Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Patricia GoberThis article evaluates the impacts of urban heat on water use in Phoenix, AZ. -
The Co-Production of Sustainable Future Scenarios
Landscape and Urban Planning, 197: 1-11, 2020by: David Iwaniec, Elizabeth Cook, Melissa DavidsonThis article presents the Sustainable Future Scenarios framework and discusses how it can support long-term sustainability planning efforts. -
Urban Forestry and Cool Roofs: Assessment of Heat Mitigation Strategies in Phoenix Residential Neighborhoods
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 14(1): 178-186, 2015by: Ariane Middel, Nalini Chhetri, Raymond QuayThis article evaluates the effectiveness of heat mitigation strategies in Phoenix, AZ. -
Using Watered Landscapes to Manipulate Urban Heat Island Effects: How Much Water Will It Take to Cool Phoenix?
Journal of the American Planning Association, 76(1): 109-121, 2010by: Patricia Gober, Anthony Brazel, Ray Quay, FAICPThis article explores urban heat mitigation strategies that contribute to nighttime cooling. -
Urban Heat Management and the Legacy of Redlining
Journal of the American Planning Association, 86(4): 443-457, 2020by: Bev Wilson, AICPThis article explores the relationship between redlining practices and resident exposure to urban heat. -
Urban Greening & Cool Roofs Help Cities Address Extreme Heat
NRDC, July 29, 2021by: Vijay Limaye, Kim KnowltonThis blog post gives an overview of urban heat adaptation strategies to help reduce or moderate temperatures in communities. -
Utilizing Green and Bluespace to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Intensity
Science of the Total Environment, 584: 1040-1055, 2017by: K. Gunawardena, M. Wells, T. KershawaThis article explores the effectiveness of green and blue infrastructure in mitigating urban heat. -
The Hazards of Park Disparities During Heat Waves
Trust for Public Land, August 6, 2020This blog post discusses the importance of urban parks during extreme heat events and the inequitable distribution of these spaces across groups. -
In A Heat Wave, Parks are Literally the Coolest
Trust for Public Land, June 24, 2021This blog post gives an overview of urban heat mitigation strategies. -
Why and How Do Cities Plan for Extreme Heat?
Planetizen, November 1, 2021by: C. Gabbe, Greg PierceThis blog post gives an overview of the importance of local urban heat planning. -
Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Can Reduce the Heat Island Effect
November 2014This fact sheet gives an overview of how local efforts can help mitigate the effects of urban heat islands. -
Cooling Cities with Green Space
February 2018by: Judy BushThis compendium of fact sheets provides an overview of how green spaces can help mitigate urban heat island effects. -
City of Toronto's Eco-Roof Incentive Program and Green Roof Bylaw
December 2018This case study highlights a regulation and program adopted by the city of Toronto that help mitigate the effects of urban heat. -
Smart Growth and Urban Heat Islands
EPA 430-F-03-001, 2001This fact sheet outlines how smart growth can help mitigate urban heat island effects. -
Understanding, Modeling, and Mitigating Urban Heat Islands
February 2021by: Jeremy Hoffman, David Sittenfeld, Vivek ShandasThis recorded webinar provides information to help planners, urban climate scientists, local officials, and other agents better understand the urban heat island effect and implement strategies to manage the impacts of this problem. -
Innovating in Urban Planning and Governance for Heat Health
June 2020by: Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow, David HondulaThis recorded webinar presents information to help planners and other decision-makers address the effects of extreme heat events in urban areas. -
Exploring the Heat Hazard
July 2021by: Jen Runkle, Brian Garcia, Cameron LeeThis recorded webinar shares a range of methods and approaches for measuring heat. -
Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices
August 2021by: Oded Holzinger, Matthew Gonser, AICP, Kathryn ConlonThis recorded webinar addresses the importance of conducting exposure and vulnerability assessments to help address heat-health issues. -
Developing an Effective Heat Health Action Plan for Your City
July 2020by: Kristie Ebi, Peter Berry, Victor GallantThis recorded webinar provides information to help planners and other decision-makers develop heat health action plans for their communities. -
Investigate Options 1 - The Power of the Pen: Policies, Standards, Codes etc...
September 2021by: Victoria Ludwig, Melissa Deas, Courtney AndersonThis recorded webinar discusses a range of policies that municipalities can establish to build resilience to extreme heat. -
Investigate Options 2 - Structural & Physical Infrastructure
September 2021by: Sarah Schneider, Mark Conway, Jackson BecceThis recorded webinar showcases solutions to help communities reduce or moderate urban heat. -
Investigate Options 4 - Community Engagement, Outreach, Education
October 2021by: Lara Whitely Binder, Oliver Kroner, Marc CoudertThis recorded webinar discusses the importance of meaningful community engagement for advancing heat mitigation strategies. -
Investigate Options 3 - Green Cooling Infrastructure
September 2021by: Erica Fichman, Cheyenne Flores, Maura JavisThis recorded webinar highlights the effectiveness of green infrastructure to address urban heat. -
Prioritize and Integrate Heat Planning
October 2021by: Sara Meerow, Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Mark HartmanThis recorded webinar highlights the importance of prioritizing and integrating heat health across a community’s network of plans. -
How America's Hottest City is Trying to Cool Down
September 2021by: Joss FongThis video draws attention to how the urban tree canopy can help reduce or moderate the effects of extreme heat in Phoenix, Arizona. -
CDC's Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
Updated October 2018by: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease RegistryThis interactive map belongs to the Built Environment and Health and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Future Heat Events and Social Vulnerability
Updated 2018This interactive map displays projected extreme heat events and their relationship to social vulnerability factors. -
Local Climate Zone
2021by: Matthias Demuzere, Jonas Kittner, Benjamin BetchelThis interactive map allows users to create Local Climate Zones (LCZ) maps. -
Redlining & Exposure to Urban Heat Islands
2020by: Science Museum of VirginiaThis interactive map displays the relationship between redlining and land surface temperatures for urban areas in the country. -
New York City Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI)
July 2021This interactive map displays a heat vulnerability index for neighborhoods in the city of New York. -
Urban Heat Island Mitigation: A Look at Mitigation Approaches in Three Major US Cities
May 2021by: Caleb ZimmermanThis interactive map presents examples of heat mitigation strategies in three communities. -
Beat the Heat Toolkit
July 2019This toolkit provides access to resources to help communities with their heat-response efforts. -
Minnesota Extreme Heat Toolkit
June 2012This toolkit provides information to help address extreme heat events in Minnesota. -
Policy and Planning Tools for Urban Green Justice
April 2021This toolkit provides access to 50 tools and policies that address displacement and promote access to green public spaces. -
Urban Cooling Toolbox
January 2021by: Trine Munk, Regina VetterThis toolkit provides information on strategies to help reduce or moderate temperatures in urban areas.