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Heat Islands

Urban Warming and Health

This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."

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Urban Warming and Health (PDF)(33 pp, 6 MB)
All Questions and Answers (PDF)(9 pp, 391 K)
Transcript of Entire Webcast (PDF)(30 pp, 434 K)