Building community heat action plans story by story: A three neighborhood case study
Building community heat action plans story by story: A three neighborhood case study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cities.2020.102886
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2020-12-01
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6.7
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Redman, Charles L.
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作者：
Guardaro, Melissa;Messerschmidt, Maggie;Redman, Charles L.
城市温度的升高对公共健康构成了威胁，在许多城市，社区之间在获得冷却福利方面存在差异。居民可能无法负担运行冷却系统的费用，服务不足的社区不太可能和/或能够倡导减少热量的解决方案。适应理论与实践之间也存在着巨大的差距。通过更好地了解适应进程的障碍和限制，可以缩小这一差距。本文介绍了自然冷却系统项目的社区参与方法，旨在使服务不足的社区能够改变这些动态。通过这一过程，我们试图了解关键的城市热适应障碍在邻里规模。该方法是在凤凰城大都市的三个街区进行试点，以提供更好的热舒适度在最热和最需要的社区。从这些研讨会中出现的适应战略的障碍与文献中阐述的障碍重叠，包括发现和确定问题，增加信息的使用，以及制定、评估和选择备选方案。这种方法可以作为其他面临日益炎热的社区的社区驱动热适应规划的模型。注意关键障碍是适应措施取得成功的关键。
Increasing urban temperatures pose a public health threat and, in many cities, there is a disparity among neighborhoods with respect to access to cooling benefits. Residents may be unable to afford to operate cooling systems, and underserved communities are less likely and/or able to advocate for heat-reducing solutions. There is also a significant gap between adaptation theory and practice. This gap could be diminished by better understanding the barriers and limits to adaptation processes. This paper presents the Nature's Cooling Systems project's community engagement methodology, which aims to empower underserved communities to shift those dynamics. Through this process, we sought to learn about key urban heat adaptation barriers at the neighborhood scale.The methodology was piloted in three neighborhoods in metropolitan Phoenix to provide better thermal comfort in the hottest and highest-need neighborhoods. Barriers to adaptation strategies that emerged from these workshops overlapped with those articulated in the literature, including detecting and defining the problem, increasing information use, and developing, assessing, and selecting options. This methodology can serve as a model for community-driven heat adaptation planning for other neighborhoods facing increasing heat. Attention to key barriers is critical for success of adaptation measures.