Katherine Idziorek provided comments for ‘Charlotte is hot everywhere,’ summer heat study finds. But there are differences’

Source: WFAE

Katherine Idziorek is a professor of urban design at UNC Charlotte and leader of the Charlotte Heat Mappers. She expected to find Charlotte’s history of underinvestment in low-income, nonwhite communities reflected in the way heat moves through the city.

“We were also thinking that there would be a clearer ‘Crescent and Wedge’ pattern here, but it turns out Charlotte is hot everywhere,” said Katherine Idziorek, a professor of urban design at UNC Charlotte and leader of the Charlotte Heat Mappers. “Although, it’s definitely hotter in some places than others.” 

Read the story at https://www.wfae.org/energy-environment/2024-11-29/charlotte-is-hot-everywhere-summer-heat-study-finds-but-there-are-differences.