NIHHIS Urban Heat Island Community of Practice Webinar Series

Sep 13, 2021 - Oct 12, 2021

Host:

NIHHIS

Location:

Online

This summer, the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and its partners are hosting a webinar series to feature community case studies on what happens after Urban Heat Island mapping campaigns are conducted. Each webinar will be themed to follow the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit’s (CRT) Steps to Resilience framework and how cities are working to address extreme heat risk. Sessions will be added throughout the summer as they are scheduled. See here  for the most up to date information.

  • Webinar 1: Exploring the Heat Hazard
  • Webinar 2: Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices
  • Webinar 3: Investigate Options 1 – The power of the Pen: Policies, Standards, Codes etc…
  • Webinar 4: Investigate Options 2 – Structural & Physical Infrastructure
  • Webinar 5: Investigate Options 3 – Green/Blue Infrastructure
  • Webinar 6: Investigate Options 4 – Community Engagement, Outreach, Education
  • Webinar 7: Prioritize and Plan – Heat in All Plans (Climate, Hazard, Resilience, Sustainability)