Lead CCASS Contacts: Gregg Garfin and Ladd Keith
Full Project Title: Visioning a Cooler Tucson: Participatory Planning for Extreme Heat Resilience
Description: This interdisciplinary research project seeks to harness digital visualization to increase public education and involvement in policy decisions, as the Tucson area considers ways to adapt to extreme heat brought on by climate change and the urban heat island effect. The project includes the creation of an interactive visual learning tool that helps people understand the implications of climate change, the urban heat island effect, and extreme heat, and make informed decisions about their own preferences for strategies to reduce impacts. The digital tool will include information about extreme heat and the impacts of a variety of planning and design adaptation strategies. After participants have examined material in the learning modules, a poll will collect their feedback about desired interventions and data about the impact of the learning process.
Funding: UA Office for Research, Innovation, and Impact