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work_alcflt4zcvcsnnw4hlklj5rdx4	Kelly C. Saverino	Thermal Inequity in Richmond, VA: The Effect of an Unjust Evolution of the Urban Landscape on Urban Heat Islands	2021.0	18	.pdf	application/pdf	10795	886	58	Abstract: The urban heat island (UHI) effect is caused by intensive development practices in cities and Keywords: urban heat islands; socioeconomic inequity; temperature; poverty; redlining; race An urban heat island is an area of a city that is consistently warmer, in terms of surface [21] described how the areas that experience the highest surface temperatures in cities like Richmond and Baltimore correlate significantly with historic redlining. and socioeconomic diversity, as well as vast differences in urban form throughout different areas of the city, allowed for in-depth analyses of potential relationships between temperature and a variety of demographic and geographic factors associated with the marginalization of certain urban populations. one of the greatest "deficiencies" of Richmond's 1927 zoning code was "the lack of singlefamily residential districts," since "the soundest realty values in any city" are owner-occupied single-family dwellings [25] (p. hottest areas of the city, causing them to be most affected by the urban heat island effect	./cache/work_alcflt4zcvcsnnw4hlklj5rdx4.pdf	./txt/work_alcflt4zcvcsnnw4hlklj5rdx4.txt