User talk:Bob Reginald Ross/Urban heat island

Urban heat island and environmental racism
There are many instances of environmental racism, and the urban heat island is no different in Kaitlyn Adams article "The Effect of Urban Heat Island on Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation: How Race Plays a Role" we can through her study that black communities have a higher asthma ED visit compared to the white community. Due to black communities tend to be in more affordable housing in less desirable places which do not have all the accessories the white communities like greens spaces, good air quality, and well- kept housing. This resulted in the black community to be at a bigger risk to asthma and other respiratory problems compared to the white community. Another instance would be Hannah Mosiniak article "Redlining and Urban Heat Islands: An analysis of historic housing discrimination and heat exposure" where it also talks about how lower income communities are more effected by urban heat island effect compared to higher income communities. Based on her study it was found that in the lower income communities it was 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter than higher income communities which mean they are at a higher risk for the health problems which come with urban heat island.

Tempe Arizona Tempe Arizona has had many programs aimed at reducing the urban heat island. One of those programs is called TreeBate where the City of Tempe will provide a rebate up to $75 dollars toward a purchase of a native desert plant. This program is active every year from July 1 to the June 30. Another program is called the Rain to Roots Master Plan where their goal is to implement, maintain, and fund green stormwater infrastructure. This program started in September 2023 and is planned to be completed by fall of 2024.

https://www.tempe.gov/government/public-works/water/water-conservation/rebates/treebate

https://www.tempe.gov/government/transportation-and-sustainability/green-codes-and-standards/green-stormwater-infrastructure/rain-to-roots-ambassador-program-interest-form  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob Reginald Ross (talk • contribs) 00:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Hsu, A., Sheriff, G., Chakraborty, T. et al. Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities. Nat Commun 12, 2721 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22799-5

KA, MARK, and U. ZL. "The deadly impact of urban heat." Nature 595 (2021): 349.Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat (nature.com)

Kaitlyn Adams, Colette Steward Knuth, The effect of urban heat islands on pediatric asthma exacerbation: How race plays a role, Urban Climate, Volume 53, 2024,101833, ISSN 2212-0955, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101833

Mosiniak, Hannah. Redlining and Urban Heat Islands: An analysis of historic housing discrimination and heat exposure. Diss. 2021.Redlining and Urban Heat Islands: An analysis of historic housing discrimination and heat exposure (umich.edu)Mosiniak, https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/171279 Bob Reginald Ross (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Stormwater management
A mitigation technique for UHI Bob Reginald Ross (talk) 23:02, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Stormwater management is the controlling the water produced by the storm in a way that protects property and infrastructure. Urban infrastructure like streets, sidewalks, and parking lots do not allow for water to penetrate into the earth's surface causing water to flood. By using stormwater management, you can control the flow of the water in ways that can mitigate UHI effect. One way is using a stormwater management technique called pervious pavement system (PPS). This technique has been used in over 30 countries and found to be successful in stormwater management and UHI mitigation. The PPS allows water to flow through the pavement allowing for the water to be absorbed causing the area to be cooled by evaporation.  Bob Reginald Ross (talk) 00:06, 27 April 2024 (UTC)