Local Policymaking and Extreme Heat

• In Event: Health, Rights, and Resilience

Brief Overview

Using a national survey of mayors we explore resource allocation, contracting, and delegation of authority surrounding municipal government efforts to mitigate the public health impacts of high ambient temperatures.

Authors

• Halley Brunsteter Reeves, University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center

• Daniel Davis Sledge, University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center

• Herschel F. Thomas, University of Texas at Austin