Podcast: Solving Urban Heat Islands
Podcast: Solving Urban Heat Islands
Theo Lim, an assistant professor of urban planning at Virginia Tech, talks about working with marginalized communities to reduce the effects of urban heat islands.
Climate change is affecting weather patterns around the U.S. and the world. Cities and other urban areas have seen temperatures rise even higher from the effects of urban heat zones, where the built environment absorbs heat and makes life harder and hotter for everyone, but especially marginalized communities. Theo Lim, an assistant professor of urban studies at Virginia Tech, talks about defining the problem and working within communities to find solutions.
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