Overview

Learn About Heat Islands (A)

• From the EPA (Environmental Protectjon Agency
• A good introductory page
• Definitions, causes, characteristics, impacts, reduction

VibrantCities Lab (A+)

• A website devoted to urban forestry: methods and effects
• Briefly summarizes studies that endorse using trees in urban area.
• Explore it.

Heat Island Effect (B)

• From the EPA (Environmental Protectjon Agency
• Mainly links to other pages under Learn, Plan, and Act.

Solutions

Reduce Urban Heat Island Effect (B+)

• From the EPA (Environmental Protectjon Agency
• A list of proposed solutions, with some links
• A list of linked resources

Using Trees and Vegetation to Reduce Heat Islands (B+)

• From the EPA
• A short page on how and why.

VibrantCities Lab (A+)

• A website devoted to urban forestry: methods and effects
• Briefly summarizes studies that endorse using trees in urban area.
• Explore it.

A cool idea for low-income urban areas hard hit by warming climate: More trees (B+)

• From the Washington Post, July 12, 2021
• Describes projects and equity effects

Summer in the City Is Hot, but
Some Neighborhoods Suffer More (B+)

• From The New York Times (limited access)
• Compares 5 cities, including Abuquerque. Heat maps, and what cities are doing.

 

Cities often experience stronger urban heat island effects at night (B)

• Infographic linked from Wikipedia's article
• Differences in night and day, including with mountains
• Describes an academic study

Tucson

Tucson's south side gets hotter than other parts of city, and not just because of elevation (A)

• From the Arizona Daily Star April 5, 2021

Steller column: 2 million new trees for Tucson? We need a hardy plan (B+)

• From 2019, but it lays out some of the issues

 

OPINION: Warming climate means Tucson needs more trees, may have less water for them (A-)

• 2021 Editorial from the Arizona Daily Star
• Covers the issue of how much water will be needed.