Description:

Every facet of the built environment – from landscaping and materials to urban form and design – impacts heat and the human thermal experience in cities. With more frequent and severe extreme heat events threatening the well-being of urban populations worldwide, actionable best practices, guidelines, and policies on the thermal impacts of the built environment are needed so that cities can make well-informed decisions about urban infrastructure upgrades (e.g., cool pavements, trees, shade structures) to mitigate urban heat, minimize negative health outcomes, and increase community resilience to heat.

This session solicits actionable research on heat and health in the built environment including heat sensing; the human experience of heat; impacts of heat on people, communities, and society; and heat modeling at various scales. We encourage studies that engage stakeholders, co-develop solutions in academic-practitioner partnerships, and support decision-making to build heat resilience.