January 3, 2023
As the Earth’s climate warms, abnormal heat waves remain an increasingly dire health hazard. But not all neighborhoods are affected equally: Redlining, housing discrimination, and inequitable public infrastructure have all contributed to disparities in health outcomes from heat.
Policymakers and government officials now have a powerful tool to address these issues.
A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has developed a metric to gauge heat vulnerability at the census-tract level and created a color-coded interactive map for public use.