Applying recent advances in climate adaptation research to urban heat risk management

C Singh, A Ramesh, M Hagenlocher… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is unequivocal evidence that anthropogenic climate change is supercharging
temperature and precipitation regimes globally. One of the clearest signals of this is seen in …

Opportunities and challenges of Spaceborne sensors in delineating land surface temperature trends: A review

MR Ahmed, E Ghaderpour, A Gupta… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Understanding the land surface temperature (LST) trends is crucial for policymakers and
stakeholders to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies suitable for a sustainable …

Comparing relationships between urban heat exposure, ecological structure, and socio-economic patterns in Beijing and New York City

J Wang, T McPhearson, W Zhou, EM Cook… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heat stress is projected to intensify in the coming decades and through the 2 end of the 21st
Century (Coffel et al. 2018). Cities, where the majority of the 3 human population lives, are …

Does green infrastructure affect housing prices via extreme heat and air pollution mitigation? A focus on green and climate gentrification in Los Angeles County, 2000 …

J Kim, R Ewing, A Rigolon - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate threats' increased frequency and intensity have recently severely threatened human
health. In particular, racial/ethnic minority people have been disproportionately exposed to …

Exploring the limitations in how ChatGPT introduces environmental justice issues in the United States: A case study of 3,108 counties

J Kim, J Lee, KM Jang, I Lourentzou - Telematics and Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
The potential of Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, has sparked discussions among
researchers and the public. This study empirically explores the capabilities and limitations of …

Improving the passive survivability of residential buildings during extreme heat events in the Pacific Northwest

AR Rempel, J Danis, AW Rempel, M Fowler, S Mishra - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and more severe in the Pacific Northwest
and in comparable dry-summer climates worldwide, increasing the occurrence of heat …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying groups at-risk to extreme heat: intersections of age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status

A Clark, S Grineski, DS Curtis, ESL Cheung - Environment international, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic climate change has resulted in a significant rise in extreme heat events,
exerting considerable but unequal impacts on morbidity and mortality. Numerous studies …

Compound climate-pollution extremes in Santiago de Chile

S Feron, RR Cordero, A Damiani, P Oyola, T Ansari… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cities in the global south face dire climate impacts. It is in socioeconomically marginalized
urban communities of the global south that the effects of climate change are felt most deeply …

[HTML][HTML] Health effects at the intersection of Climate Change and Structural Racism in the United States: a scoping review

S Breakey, D Hovey, M Sipe, PK Nicholas - The Journal of Climate Change …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Climate change and structural racism are significant threats to public health and
health equity. The impacts of each individual problem on human health and well-being have …

Neighborhood violence and socioeconomic deprivation influence associations between acute air pollution and temperature on childhood asthma in New York city

R Sharma, JL Humphrey, L Frueh, EJ Kinnee… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ambient air pollution, temperature, and social stressor exposures are linked with asthma
risk, with potential synergistic effects. We examined associations for acute pollution and …