Louisville Gearing Up to Tackle its Urban Heat Island Problem
"Mayor Greg Fischer launched a "Cool502" effort on Monday to fight the city's documented problem with urban heat," reports James Bruggers. The mayor's announcement responded to a new study from Georgia Tech about the many negative effects of Louisville's heat problem.
In releasing the city's first heat management report [pdf], which provides neighborhood-by-neighborhood guidance, the mayor called on residents and business owners to take steps to improve the livability of Louisville by reducing heat.
Bruggers also wrote a second article published today, focusing more specifically on the new study that inspired the mayor's announcement. The report also details the benefits the city could achieve by taking steps to alleviate the problem. The same researchers released a report in 2013 finding that Louisville had the most intense heat island effect of any large city in the United States.
Topics
- City to Bicyclists: Berkeley Not in Idaho
- The Life and Death of Neighborhood Rebrandings
- France's Transit Ridership Booms as the USA's Busts
- Kanye West's Unpermitted Vision for Housing Utopia Has Been Demolished
- The Great Flood of 2019, Visualized
- First-Time Home Buyers Look Different Than They Once Did
- The High Cost of Cool Air
- Frequencies Restored on L.A.'s Expo Line After Rider Backlash
- Digital Transportation: The Future of Urban Mobility
- $51 Billion Capital Investment Plan Sets Records for New York MTA
- What Will it Take to Make Transit a Priority in Wichita?
- Rethinking Supply-Side Approaches to L.A.'s Affordable Housing Crisis
- As the Waters Rise Toward San Francisco International Airport, So Do the Costs of Staying Dry
- Denver Looks to Landmark Designation Changes
- Imported Water Needed to Fuel Colorado Sprawl
- NACTO Releases Updated Guidelines for Shared Micromobility
- Inclusionary Zoning Vetoed in San Diego
- Lower Speed Limits Included in Early Vision Zero Recommendations for Minneapolis
- Envisioning the 'Soft City'
- Research: Low-Cost Rental Housing Disappears While Rental Stock Grows
