The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation

Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(7): 811-817, 2013

By: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205919
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Urban Heat Resilience

This article evaluates the distribution of land cover that contributes to urban heat across areas with different racial and ethnic groups. Some of the findings suggest that non-White racial and ethnic groups are more likely to live in heat risk-related land cover conditions.