Green Infrastructure Center, Inc.
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Urban Heat Studies—13 City Reports
- Green Cities = Cool Cities
Description:
A fact sheet for the case studies on Urban Heating and Tree Canopy for 13 cities in the Southeastern, USA. As these studies have shown, community members with lower incomes and those who are minorities tend to have hotter neighborhoods and less canopy shade.
Click on the city name below, to see the Urban Heat Study for that community.
Alpharetta, Georgia
Apex, North Carolina
Auburn, Alabama
Boynton Beach, Florida
Charleston, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Jacksonville, Florida
Lynchburg, Virginia
Miami Beach, Florida
Norcross, Georgia
Norfolk, Virginia
Wilmington, North Carolina
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