Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities

Autor: Angel Hsu, Glenn Sheriff, Tirthankar Chakraborty, Diego Manya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5
Popis: Individual exposure to heat is associated with adverse health and economic outcomes. Here, the authors show that people of color and people living in poverty bear a disproportionate burden of urban heat exposure in almost all major cities in the continental United States.
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