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Unequal Impacts of Heat and Climate Change

Offered By: AGU via YouTube

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Course Description

Overview

Explore the unequal impacts of heat and climate change in this 45-minute AGU Fall Meeting 2020 press conference panel discussion. Delve into the health consequences of urban heat islands and their disproportionate effects on certain communities. Examine surface urban heat, land surface temperature, and the social vulnerability index. Understand the importance of addressing these issues through urban design and mitigation strategies. Learn about mean summer temperatures, health effects, comorbidities, and the challenges of limited urban heat island studies. Gain insights from satellite data and discover how climate change is expected to exacerbate these problems in the future.

Syllabus

Introduction
Urban heat
Surface urban heat
Land Surface Temperature
Impacts of Urban Heat
Why does this matter
Social Vulnerability Index
Why Care
Angel Shu
Questions
Mean summer temperatures
Baseline
Health effects
Comorbidities
Lack of urban heat island studies
Satellite data
Mitigation
Urban design


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AGU

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