Media

Podcasts

• Parsons, Doug. “‘Planning for Urban Heat Resilience’ with Dr. Ladd Keith and Dr. Sara Meerow.”  America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. May 9, 2022.
• Murphy-Darling, Gina. “It is Getting Hot in Here – Building Resilience to Address Extreme Heat.” Mrs. Green’s World. March 7, 2022.
• LeRoy, Sarah. “Extreme Heat & Urban Planning.” Come Rain or Shine Podcast. September 1, 2021.
• Parsons, Doug. “Extreme Heat in the News, Naming Heat Waves, Thermal Equity and more with Dr. Ladd Keith.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. July 5, 2021.
• Parsons, Doug. “The 2020 Climate Year in Review Episode.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. December 30, 2020.
• Dougherty, Anne. “A Discussion on Redlining and Urban Heat.” Current: An Energy Podcast. September 25, 2020.
• Ford, Jon. “Heat, Health, and COVID-19.” The Vitalyst Spark Podcast. June 30, 2020.
• Parsons, Doug. “Fundamentals of Extreme Heat and Climate Change with Dr. Ladd Keith of University of Arizona.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. January 12, 2020.
• Parsons, Doug. “End-of-the-Year Holiday Special.” America Adapts: The Climate Change Podcast. December 14, 2018.

Interviews and Coverage

• Nyce, Caroline Mimbs. “America Is Going to Have a ‘Heat Belt.’” The Atlantic. August 16, 2022.
• Harris, Alex. “Dangerous ‘extreme heat’ days to multiply in South Florida, study finds. Who is at risk?” The Miami Herald. August 15, 2022.
• Berkowitz, Bonnie, Artur Galocha, and Júlia Ledur. “We built a fake metropolis to show how extreme heat could wreck cities.” The Washington Post. August 11, 2022.
• Matusek, Sarah. “How to cool cities, from heat officers to pavement sunscreen.” The Christian Science Monitor. August 3, 2022.
• Jacobo, Julia. “Heat suspected as cause of 10 fatalities following Pacific Northwest heat wave.” ABC News. August 1, 2022.
• Davis, Angela. “Extreme heat is becoming more common. What are cities doing about it?” Minnesota Public Radio News, MPR News with Angela Davis. July 28, 2022.
• McCarthy, Ciara. “Deadliest weather? You’re in it. How to stay safe in a blazing North Texas summer.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 15, 2022.
• McCarthy, Ciara. “Get used to this brutal heat. Future summers in North Texas are expected to get hotter.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 14, 2022.
• Aratani, Lori. “As temperatures rise, this research could help cities stay cool.” Washington Post. July 8, 2022.
• McMahon, Jeff. “When Extreme Heat Becomes An Everyday Problem.” Forbes. June 30, 2022.
• Jacobo, Julia and Daniel Peck. “Hotter-than-normal temperatures are predicted through the summer: How cities must prepare.” ABC News. June 27, 2022.
• Simpson, Mike and Charles Feldman. “Are LA and other cities prepared for longer and hotter heat waves?” KNX News, In Depth. June 20, 2022.
• Mittan, Kyle. “Cities are heating up. Urban planners should prepare, UArizona researcher says.” University of Arizona, University Communications. June 14, 2022.
• Conover, Christopher. “Summer heat arrives.” Arizona Public Media – The Buzz. June 10, 2022.
• Antoniou, Luke. “Urban heat is an invisible threat – resilience against it shouldn’t be.” SmartCitiesWorld. May 27, 2022.
• Elbein, Saul and Sharon Udasin. “Equilibrium/Sustainability – Texans cut off.” The Hill. May 10, 2022.
• Vock, Daniel C. “How Cities are Trying to Combat the Nation’s Deadliest Weather Risk.” Route Fifty. April 26, 2022.
• Elbein, Saul and Sharon Udasin. “Equilibrium/Sustainability – Cities need to do more to confront deadly heat: study.” The Hill. March 25, 2022.
• Ramirez, Jasmine. “Tucson pushes toward climate action goal.” KOLD News 13. February 17, 2022.
• Brodie, Mark. “City planners have tools to deal with heat. A new survey finds many may not be using them.” KJZZ’s The Show. February 4, 2022.
• Smith, Dana. “What’s old is new again.” Hothouse Solutions. November 29, 2021.
• Devera, Jobeth. “Will More Cities Hire a Chief Heat Officer?” NBC LX. November 24, 2021.
• Brey, Jared. “Facing Our New Climate Reality.” Dwell Magazine. November 16, 2021.
• Smith, Dana. “Should air conditioning be a human right?” Hothouse Solutions. November 16, 2021.
• Staletovich, Jenny. “South Florida is getting hotter. But planners say there’s a data gap in finding solutions.” WLRN’s The Daily. November 10, 2021.
• Blaze Baum, Kathryn and Matthew McClearn. “Extreme, deadly heat in Canada is going to come back, and worse. Will we be ready?” The Globe and Mail. September 25, 2021.
• Brodie, Mark. “’No Safe Place On The Planet From Heat’: Extreme Heat Is Becoming National Issue.” KJZZ’s The Show. September 9, 2021.
• Tucker-Smith, Owen. “Neighbor wasting water? Is ‘water shaming’ the answer?” The Salt Lake Tribune. July 21, 2021.
• O’Donnell, Tim. “How will cities adapt to extreme heat?” The Week. July 12, 2021.
• Quinn, Destiny. “Protecting yourself during extreme heat.” KVOA News 4. July 1, 2021.
• Mittan, Kyle. “Keeping Homes and Cities Cool in Extreme Heat.” University of Arizona, University Communications. June 23, 2021.
• Ramirez, Jasmine. “MONSOON 2021: Hiking in heat can have deadly repercussions in southern Arizona.” KOLD News 13. June 14, 2021.
• Root, Tik. “Heat and Smog Hit Low-Income Communities and People of Color Hardest, Scientists Say.” The Washington Post. May 25, 2021.
• Maher, Savannah. “EPA Publishes Climate Change Report For First Time Since 2016.” KUNM/The Mountain West News Bureau. May 14, 2021.
• Davis, Tony. “Tucson’s south side is a blistering heat island, study finds.” The Arizona Daily Star. April 3, 2021.
• Hethcock, Bill. “Will Dallas see wave of HQ relocations slow after power outages and grid failures?” Dallas Business Journal. February 24, 2021.
• Hethcock, Bill. “How to rebuild a Dallas neighborhood after severe tornado.” Dallas Business Journal. February 22, 2021.
• Kempe, Ysabelle. “In Las Vegas, hotter days will impact lower-income, Black and Brown residents the most.” ClimateXChange. December 1, 2020.
• Brocious, Ariana. “The risks of severe heat.” Arizona Public Media. September 4, 2020.
• Reznick, Alisa and Nick O’Gara. “’Feels like the end of the world’: Tucson grapples with record heat during pandemic.” Arizona Public Media. September 3, 2020.
• Kutz, Jessica. “Extreme heat is here, and it’s deadly.” High Country News. September 1, 2020.
• McGee, Earyn. “Heat and virus bring a double threat to vulnerable populations.” Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 9, 2020.
• Patel, Rudri Bhatt. “What Desert Cities Can Teach Us About Water.” JSTOR Daily. October 8, 2019.
• Panchuk, Kerri. “Heat Wave: How Rising Temperatures In Urban Heat Islands Are Challenging And Inspiring Developers.” Bisnow Dallas-Fort Worth. September 8, 2019.
• Brodie, Mark. “Report: Extreme Heat Is A Problem Nationwide, Not Just In Desert Cities.” KJZZ’s The Show. September 5, 2019.
• Ariza, Mario Alejandro. “How can Miami cope with two extra feet of water by 2060? ULI experts weigh in.” The Real Deal. June 7, 2019.
• Brodie, Mark. “Urban Planners Looking to Standardize Heat Maps.” KJZZ’s The Show. April 5, 2019.
• White, Marquies. “One-of-a-kind Arid Lands Resource Science graduate program celebrates 50^th anniversary.” The Daily Wildcat. February 21, 2019.
• Perkins, Anthony. “Hot Weather Forecast Warms Up Urban Planning Research.” Arizona Public Media News. May 4, 2018.
• Litvak, Emily. “For Desert Dwellers, a Life in Balance.” University of Arizona – Research, Discovery, & Innovation. April 20, 2018.
• Bell, Austin. “Architecture, ecology converge in Arcosanti.” Puma Press. April 16, 2018.
• Meinhold, Bridgette. “Sustainable Communities.” Montage Magazine. January 2014.
• Mittan, Kyle. “College of Architecture develops undergrad degree in sustainability.” The Daily Wildcat. March 8, 2012.
• Sharpe, Jeremy. “Pushing Boundaries.” Urban Land Magazine. March/April 2011.