Extreme heat is a rising threat to public health as heat waves are projected to intensify in a warming climate. Rising temperatures driven by the urban heat island effect place cities at the forefront of responding to extreme heat and protect those at disproportionate risk of heat exposure. To enhance resilience to extreme heat in cities, urban planners and public health practitioners are beginning to turn to data-driven decision support frameworks to design efficient, effective, and equitable response strategies. In Module 1, we will discuss diverse methods to measure and monitor heat in the urban environment at multiple scales and examine the effectiveness of heat mitigation strategies. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to heat resilience practices and adequate response necessitates infrastructural, behavioral, and social strategies as diverse as the climates and communities of each city.
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