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Displaying 10 of about 10 results… studies — including a 2002 book by Eric Klinenberg, “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago,” and the 2018 … and Latinos, at a rate four times higher. [...] The ‘95 heat wave changed how the city responds to extreme …
… behind in efforts to reduce health impacts of extreme heat. Lynée Turek-Hankins of Stanford University (now … at risk of health impacts and death due to extreme heat. Risk may vary between communities according to unique … Index, which applies to all types of disasters; and the Heat-Health Action Index, which identifies areas particularly …
… By Annie Banerji Lowering risks from blistering summer heat may be difficult this year with most of the country's … farmers to slum-dwellers - could face deadly threats from heat waves this summer, climate and disaster management … distancing. Anup Kumar Srivastava, a drought and heat wave expert at the NDMA, said the agency was working not only …
… to more shade awnings at retirement centres and heat warnings along with food deliveries, cities are trying … ways to help the most vulnerable battle expected record heat this summer. Such efforts are crucial both as climate … Resilient Cities and Landscapes, during an online event on heat vulnerability. In the Dutch city of The Hague, …
… have been broken across the United States, and extreme heat is expected to continue across much of the Southeast and … populated counties expected to experience extreme heat this week. We find that in more than half of them, a … risk. Those who stay at home during this week’s heat wave but lack air conditioning or the means to pay for it …
… LONDON - From spray parks in water-short Cape Town to heat-reflecting pavements in Tokyo, cities around the world … adopting innovations to try to beat increasingly deadly heat . But ensuring the measures help those most at risk … as misperceptions about who is most vulnerable and where, heat experts said this week. In New York, for instance, most …
… into focus last week across the Southern U.S. as a deadly heat wave blanketed the region. As my colleague Dr. Rachel Licker … out , the combination of income loss, COVID-19, extreme heat, and the lack of utility shutoff moratoria are bad, bad …
… By Summer Allen, Portland State University Extreme heat kills more people in the United States than any other … even deadlier due to climate change. However, extreme heat does not affect all people equally. Surface temperatures … today will tell you that it's hot during a heat wave," said Hoffman. "But that's not really the point. They …
… Such decisions have resulted in measurable differences in heat. A recent study found that in more than 100 American … like paved roads or tar-covered rooftops readily absorb heat from the sun. They also tend to hold onto that heat more tightly than natural materials like loose dirt or …
… risk of overheating. These materials absorb the sun’s heat and release it slowly into the building and wider … their windows, filling walls with insulation to prevent heat seeping from the outer walls to the inside of the home, … even in their own homes. That’s why adapting to the heat extremes of the future must start at home too, and …