Climate Equity in the City: Understanding vulnerability and resiliency to extreme urban heat in Tennessee using citizen science
Location
JACC 4094D
Event Website
https://belmont.libguides.com/OpenAccess/2022
Publication Date
11-4-2022
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-11-2022 10:00 AM
End Date
4-11-2022 11:00 AM
Description
Climate change is causing extreme heat events to become more frequent, warmer, and longer. These heat events are especially concerning to densely-packed urban areas, which tend to be warmer than rural areas with more vegetation and open space. Within a city, heat exposure and related health concerns disproportionately burden vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, and areas where urban heat is most intense, such as historically minority neighborhoods. Join me while we explore the causes and variations of climate and extreme heat inequity in urban areas and how involving citizen scientists in research enhances the community’s understanding of climate and leads to reduced heat exposure and related illnesses.
Recommended Citation
Haas, Alisa, "Climate Equity in the City: Understanding vulnerability and resiliency to extreme urban heat in Tennessee using citizen science" (2022). Open Access Week. 3.
https://repository.belmont.edu/oaweek/2022/2022/3
Climate Equity in the City: Understanding vulnerability and resiliency to extreme urban heat in Tennessee using citizen science
JACC 4094D
Climate change is causing extreme heat events to become more frequent, warmer, and longer. These heat events are especially concerning to densely-packed urban areas, which tend to be warmer than rural areas with more vegetation and open space. Within a city, heat exposure and related health concerns disproportionately burden vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, and areas where urban heat is most intense, such as historically minority neighborhoods. Join me while we explore the causes and variations of climate and extreme heat inequity in urban areas and how involving citizen scientists in research enhances the community’s understanding of climate and leads to reduced heat exposure and related illnesses.
https://repository.belmont.edu/oaweek/2022/2022/3
Comments
Department of Geological Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University.
Program co-sponsored by the Department of Environmental Science.
WELL Core Credit: Intellectual Well-Being.