Redlining in Montgomery and Other Cities = Increased Summer Heat

     A new study finds the real-estate process of "redlining" black neighborhoods in more than 100 U.S. cities, including Montgomery, Birmingham and Mobile, ends up contributing to hotter Summer temperatures in those areas.
     The N.Y. Times reports the story this morning under this headline:

How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering

 

"Across more than 100 cities, a recent study found, formerly redlined neighborhoods are today 5 degrees hotter in summer, on average, than areas once favored for housing loans, with some cities seeing differences as large as 12 degrees. Redlined neighborhoods, which remain lower-income and more likely to have Black or Hispanic residents, consistently have far fewer trees and parks that help cool the air. They also have more paved surfaces, such as asphalt lots or nearby highways, that absorb and radiate heat."