BACKGROUND Human activity and decisions drive all life in cities. Worldwide, cities are
characterized by extensive anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, modification of …

Highlights•Climate and environmental change places disabled populations in more socially
and economically disadvantaged positions.•Data on climate and environmental change …

Greenspace plays a crucial role in urban ecosystems and has been recognized as a key
factor in promoting sustainable and healthy city development. Recent studies have revealed …

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not
wreak their damage equally across populations, and every disaster has social dimensions at …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Historical patterns of discrimination and
disinvestment have shaped the current landscape of vulnerability to heat in US cities but are …

Cities are home to around half of the global population but face intensified and unevenly
distributed heat stresses. Trees are utilized to adapt to urban heat; however, most tree …

Rising global temperatures and more frequent heatwaves due to climate change have led to
a growing body of research and increased policy focus on how to protect against the …

Increased extreme heat, driven by rapid urbanisation and climate change, has caused
increasing heat-related deaths, and posed significant threats to vulnerable populations …

Heatwaves can lead to a range of adverse impacts including increased risk of illness and
mortality; the heatwave in August 2003 has been associated with~ 70,000 deaths across …

Adaptation is key to minimizing heatwaves' societal burden; however, our understanding of
adaptation capacity across the socioeconomic spectrum is incomplete. We demonstrate that …