Our paper Contemporary income inequality outweighs historic redlining in shaping intra-urban heat disparities in Los Angeles is now published in Nature Communications.

Led by postdoc Anamika Shreevastava, this study reveals that present-day income inequality is a stronger predictor of intra-urban heat disparities in Los Angeles than historical redlining. The findings underscore the need for climate adaptation policies that address current socioeconomic inequities, not just historical ones.