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Prioritizing social vulnerability in urban heat mitigation.

Kwun Yip Fung¹, Zong-Liang Yang¹, Alberto Martilli²

¹Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

|September 12, 2024

Summary

Urban trees and cool roofs mitigate city heatwaves. Urban trees enhance community resilience to heat stress, especially when considering social vulnerability and neighborhood needs for effective heat mitigation strategies.

Keywords:

Weather Research and Forecasting model heat waves social vulnerability urban overheat mitigation urban trees

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Area of Science:

Urban climatology
Environmental science
Public health

Background:

Urban overheating poses significant risks during heatwaves, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations.
Effective mitigation strategies are crucial for enhancing urban resilience and public health.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantitatively compare diverse urban overheating mitigation strategies, focusing on cooling efficacy and social vulnerability.
To assess the impact of urban trees and cool roofs on thermal comfort and community resilience.

Main Methods:

Utilized city-scale simulations enhanced with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.
Incorporated urban tree effects and calculated the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for thermal comfort assessment.
Analyzed social vulnerability-based heat mitigation and vulnerability-weighted daily cumulative heat stress change.

Main Results:

Urban trees provided a cooling impact of 0.27 K (UTCI) during the daytime, while cool roofs offered 0.30 K.
Despite slightly less direct cooling, urban trees emerged as effective for enhancing community resilience to heat stress.
Equitable mitigation is achievable by integrating demographic composition and physical structure into strategy design.

Conclusions:

Community resilience must be a key factor when evaluating heat mitigation impacts.
Designing community-oriented strategies requires assessing urban tree planting spaces, rooftop areas, and neighborhood vulnerability.