Summary

This study by Dr. Jason Vargo, Dr. Brian Stone, Dana Habeeb, Dr. Peng Liu, and Dr. Armistead Russell looks at heat exposure in cities by race. The focus on urban heat is because “many large cities are warming at a rate double that of the planet as a whole”(Vargo, et. al). They sought to simulate how different heat prevention interventions would save lives. And how many lives they would save. Harm reduction impacts those who are harmed most and this study believes that harm reduction for harm caused by higher temperatures would help impoverished and Black communities the most. 

Results & Statistics

This shows that those who are older benefit most from all three intervention plants in Atlanta. Implying that they are more at risk.The measure on the right is deaths per 100,000 per year. 

Those who make below $30,000 are at a much higher risk. 

Non-White residents are at a higher risk.