Talk:Urban heat island

PBS News Hour
Just came across this subject during a segment of today's PBS News Hour. Linking in case it's of use to editors here. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 00:12, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Maybe delete Urban dust dome and move the contents here?
Please see Talk:Urban_dust_dome

thank you,

KaiKemmann (talk) 09:08, 22 October 2023 (UTC)


 * See my comments today at Talk:Urban dust dome. I found enough refs to demonstrate probable notability for a standalone dust dome article but I think a merge is better.
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 15:08, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Environmental and Climate Justice
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Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA23 - Sect 201 - Thu
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Wiki Education assignment: Environment and Justice
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Proposed Organizational Changes
 Move Causes and Climate Change as Amplifier under Description

Move Redlining under society and culture

Consider creating Environmental Justice section

Revise lead to shorten and clarify Merlinderhindergrinder (talk) 16:44, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, could you clarify why you think those proposed changes are an improvement? For example, I don't think the lead needs to be shortened. It's a good summary of the article and pretty much the right length. And I think "Causes" should remain as a main level heading. The section on redlining doesn't fit, I have removed it (see below). EMsmile (talk) 20:41, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Removed section on redlining
I have just removed this content because I think it's overly specific to the U.S. and doesn't fit this high level article. Consider moving it to a U.S.-specific article maybe:

"Redlining: Patterns of UHIs appear to be constant in neighborhoods that were historically given poor ratings by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation in the U.S. These neighborhoods often lack the infrastructure necessary to combat the effects of UHIs.

There appears to be a correlation between historically redlined areas in the U.S. and those most vulnerable to heat exposure today. According to Professor Jeremy S. Hoffman and his colleagues, there is a strong positive relationship between historically redlined neighborhoods and the current heat indexes of those neighborhoods compared to non-redlined ones. The researchers found that "nationally, land surface temperatures in redlined areas are approximately 2.6 °C warmer than in non-redlined areas." " EMsmile (talk) 20:41, 8 July 2024 (UTC)