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dc.contributor.authorKeith, Ladd
dc.contributor.authorMeerow, Sara
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Malini
dc.contributor.authorTrego, Shaylynn
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Karli
dc.contributor.authorSadashive Gowda, Kavana
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-09T01:02:55Z
dc.date.available2024-08-09T01:02:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-31
dc.identifier.citationKeith, Ladd; Meerow, Sara; Roy, Malini; Trego, Shaylynn; Jordan, Lindsey; Barret, Karli; and Gowda, Kavana Sadashiva. (2024). Plan Evaluation for Heat Resilience: City of Mesa, AZ. Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL) – Arizona State University and University of Arizona.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/674047
dc.description.abstractThe combination of climate change and the urban heat island (UHI) effect is increasing the number of dangerously hot days and the need for all communities to plan for urban heat resilience equitably. Urban heat resilience requires an integrated planning approach that coordinates strategies across community plans and uses the best available heat risk information to prioritize heat mitigation and management strategies for the most vulnerable communities. This report, supported by the U.S. DOE-funded Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL), summarizes the findings from two complementary methods for examining how different city plans shape urban heat resilience. The first methodology, Plan Quality Evaluation for Heat Resilience, provides a broad assessment of how plans address heat and their effectiveness likelihood. We adapted well-established plan quality assessment approaches to heat (Meerow et al. 2024). We then applied the methodology to assess whether Mesa’s plans meet 56 criteria across seven established principles of high-quality heat resilience planning. We also cataloged the types of heat mitigation and management strategies included in the plans. The second methodology, the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS™) for Heat provides a more detailed assessment of the heat mitigation policies and their spatial alignment with heat vulnerability. PIRS™ for Heat was developed as an extension of the original Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™, a methodology developed by Berke et al. (2015) and then further advanced and translated to planning practice by Malecha et al. (2019), for spatially evaluating networks of plans to reduce vulnerability to hazards. With support from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office’s Extreme Heat Risk Initiative and in partnership with the American Planning Association, PIRS™ for Heat was initially piloted in five geographically diverse U.S. communities, including Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Seattle, WA, and Houston, TX. The rationale, methodology, and findings from the first five cities are published in the guidebook The Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS™) for Heat: Spatially evaluating networks of plans to mitigate heat. We analyzed all policies in Mesa’s network of plans, including their comprehensive plan, hazard mitigation plan, and climate action plan. Policies were only included if they had the potential to impact urban heat, were place-specific, and contained a recognizable policy tool. Policies were then scored based on how they would likely impact urban heat. Scored policies were mapped to relevant census tracts across the city to evaluate their spatial distribution and the net effect on urban heat. The resulting PIRS™ for Heat scorecard was then compared with physical and social vulnerability data to assess policy alignment with heat risks and to identify opportunities for improved urban heat resilience planning.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis material was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research’s Urban Integrated Field Laboratories research activity, under Award Number(s) DE-SC0023520. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. DOE.en_US
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dc.subjectheat planningen_US
dc.subjecturban planningen_US
dc.subjectextreme heaten_US
dc.subjecturban heaten_US
dc.subjectheat resilienceen_US
dc.subjectplan analysisen_US
dc.subjectplan integrationen_US
dc.titlePlan Evaluation for Heat Resilience: City of Mesa, AZen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Landscape Architecture and Planningen_US
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