Beyond temperature: How people experience urban heat

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The article examines how urban heat affects people's daily lives beyond measured air temperature, including sleep, work, clothing, and movement through public spaces. It argues that comfort and perceived safety are important impacts that conventional heat assessments can miss.

Urban heat is more than a matter of temperature. It can affect how people sleep, work, travel through the city and dress, and even how safe or comfortable they feel in public spaces. Yet these everyday consequences often remain invisible in conventional assessments of urban heat.