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Around the World, Cities Plan for Extreme Weather

Jennifer Ludden (National Public Radio)

Tags: North America / Central America, Roofs, Urban Heat Island, Vegetation and Shade Trees, Websites, Chicago, extreme weather

Publication Date: July 2012

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Remotely sensing the cooling effects of city scale efforts to reduce urban heat island

Christopher Mackey (Yale University), Xuhui Lee (Yale University) and Ronald Smith (Yale University)

Tags: Documents, Evaluation Tools, North America / Central America, Roofs, Scientific Literature, Urban Heat Island, albedo, Chicago

Publication Date: March 2012

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Greener Alleys Chicago

Janet Attarian (Chicago Department of Transportation)

Tags: Case Studies, Cool Materials Science, Documents, Economics, North America / Central America, Pavements, Urban Heat Island, Water, Chicago, permeable pavement

Publication Date: May 2010

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Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Mortality Projections for Chicago

Katharine Hayhoe (Texas Tech, ATMOS Research & Consulting et al)

Tags: Health, North America / Central America, Scientific Literature, Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island, Chicago, extreme weather, heat wave, Mortality

Publication Date: August 2009

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Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials

Hashem Akbari (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Heat Island Group )

Tags: Air Quality, Cool Materials Science, More Cool Technologies, North America / Central America, Pavements, Roofs, Scientific Literature, Vegetation and Shade Trees, Chicago, Houston, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Satellite and Aerial Data, urban fabric

Publication Date: August 2008

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A survey of climate change adaptation planning

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

Tags: Case Studies, Documents, Global Climate, North America / Central America, Program Materials, Adaptation, Alaska, Boston, Canada, Cape Town, Chicago, Colorado, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New York City, Quebec, San Francisco, Singapore, Toronto, United States, Vancouver, Washington

Publication Date: January 2007

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Energy savings for heat-island reduction strategies in Chicago and Houston (including updates for Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City)

Steven Konopacki (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)) and Hashem Akbari (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL))

Tags: Case Studies, Economics, Energy, Greenhouse Gases, North America / Central America, Pavements, Roofs, Scientific Literature, Urban Heat Island, Vegetation and Shade Trees, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Houston, peak electricity demand, Sacramento, Salt Lake City

Publication Date: February 2002

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Indirect carbon reduction by residential vegetation and planting strategies in Chicago, USA

H.-K. Jo (Kangwon National University) and E.G. McPherson (Western Center for Urban Forest Research, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis)

Tags: Documents, Economics, Energy, Global Climate, Greenhouse Gases, North America / Central America, Scientific Literature, Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island, Vegetation and Shade Trees, Chicago

Publication Date: March 2001

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Painting the Town White and Green

Arthur Rosenfeld (U.S. Department of Energy), Joseph Romm (U.S. Department of Energy), Hashem Akbari (Desert Research Institute) and Alan Lloyd (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Tags: Air Quality, Documents, Energy, Health, North America / Central America, Pavements, Roofs, Scientific Literature, Urban Heat Island, air conditioning, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC

Publication Date: February 1997

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Chicago Green Alley Handbook

Chicago Department of Transportation

Tags: Documents, North America / Central America, Pavements, Sample Program Documents, Water, Chicago, permeable pavement