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More vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter

  • Written by Farzad Hashemi, Assistant Professor in Architecture, The University of Texas at San Antonio
imagePhiladelphia's neighborhoods are green and not so green.Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The ways an urban neighborhood is built and the characteristics of the people who live there are both related to how hot it gets. That is the result of our study, published by the Journal of Buildings.

If you have ever noticed that some...

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