Researchers at ASU have collaborated with colleagues at the University of Washington and the University of Texas on a study that reveals in detail how the trend of more frequent extreme heat is negatively impacting the quality of life. They study also provides insights about how communities and individuals can effectively adapt to rising temperatures. The study’s lead author, Ram Pendyala, professor and director of the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, emphasizes how extreme heat exacerbates inequities in mobility and participation in activity travel. This study explores ways people can adjust and change their activity-travel and time use behaviors to better cope with extreme heat.

See also: Climate Crisis: How is Extreme Heat Reshaping Travel and Daily Life of Vulnerable Communities? The Weather Channel/The Times of India, September 27.
Extreme heat altering travel plans, people’s daily routines worldwide, India Today, September 28
Ram Pendyala is quoted on results of research showing the needs for strategies to maintain quality of life being threated by increasing extreme heat. A similar article is published on the Prevention Web site.