Keeping Your Cool: How Communities Can Reduce the Heat Island Effect

November 2014

By: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/heat_island_4-page_brochure_508_120413.pdf
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Urban Heat Resilience

This fact sheet gives an overview of how local efforts can help mitigate the effects of urban heat islands. It defines urban heat islands, discusses the impacts of this anomaly, and presents four strategies to help reduce or moderate heat islands.