Urban Heat: Assessing Risks and Identifying Interventions

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dc.creatorJones, Nicholas K.W.
dc.date2026-03-20T16:12:24Z
dc.date2026-03-20T16:12:24Z
dc.date2026-03-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:30:52Z
dc.descriptionHeat stress is causing unnecessary deaths, illness, economic losses, and reductions in infrastructure and urban service quality across cities worldwide. Assessing urban heat risks can help cities reduce these adverse impacts by providing an evidence base for planning, prioritizing, designing, and implementing policies and investments for heat resilience. This Technical Note aims to help readers plan a heat risk assessment and identify policies and investments to address the identified risks. Section 1 presents key considerations for planning a heat risk assessment. Section 2 presents methodologies for such an assessment. These are divided into methodologies to assess heat hazard (2.1), the likelihood and severity of its impacts on human health (2.2), and the city’s economy and infrastructure (2.3). Section 3 presents key policies and investments that can be undertaken in response to the urban heat challenge and discusses the roles of city- and national-level stakeholders in implementing them. The note concludes with a simplified catalogue of actions.
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/7f6e078a-1393-4216-83d2-57f59ce2f5aa
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/44521
dc.identifier10.1596/44521
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/404994
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relationGAP Fund Technical Notes; March 2026
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCLIMATE ACTION
dc.subjectCLIMATE AND HEALTH
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectURBAN HEAT ISLAND
dc.subjectHEAT STRESS
dc.subjectHEAT RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.titleUrban Heat: Assessing Risks and Identifying Interventions
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