Scientific American
Lower-income residents and people of color are more likely to live in the hottest neighborhoods
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Lower-income residents and people of color are more likely to live in the hottest neighborhoods in cities across the country, putting them at greater risk of heat-related illnesses and death.
A trio of studies presented yesterday at the American Geophysical Union’s annual fall meeting underscored that sobering point.
“Disparities in urban heat exposure as a direct result of urban planning and design, environmental racism, and the policies such as redlining . do in fact exist,” said Angel Hsu, an environmental policy expert at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and lead author of one of the studies.