Centering Equity to Address Extreme Heat

Copyright
2022
Published By
Urban Institute

This article identifies three overarching workstreams that local governments are undertaking to address extreme heat (assessing community vulnerabilities; building emergency preparedness capacity; and adapting and mitigating through planning and design), and offers recommendations on how equity can be advanced in each workstream.

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