May 9, 2022
In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Ladd Keith and Dr Sara Meerow to discuss their new book, Planning for Urban Heat Resilience. Sara is an Assistant Professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and Ladd is an Assistant Professor in Planning and Chair of Sustainable Built Environments at The University of Arizona. Ladd and Sara discuss: the complexities of urban heat; heat equity; planning tools; case studies of cities doing urban heat resilience effectively and policies for federal approaches to heat management.
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https://capla.arizona.edu/studio/planning-for-urban-heat-resilience
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Sara Meerow & Ladd Keith. 2021. “Planning for extreme heat: A
national survey of U.S. planners.” Journal of the American
Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1977682
Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow, Tess Wagner. 2019. “Planning for extreme heat: A review.” Journal of Extreme Events. 6 (3&4): 2050003 https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737620500037
Ladd and Sara’s article in Planning Magazine:
Ladd Keith & Sara Meerow. 2021. “Beat Extreme Heat
with These 8 Tactics.” Planning Magazine. https://www.planning.org/planning/2021/fall/beat-extreme-heat-with-these-8-tactics/
Ladd and Sara’s op ed:
Ladd Keith & Sara Meerow. 2021. “Opinion: Cities must plan for heat
resilience now.” Thompson Reuters Foundation. https://news.trust.org/item/20210705161002-pz8g0/
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