Tackling Extreme Heat
Building Action Ready and Resilient communities
To help local governments develop and implement heat relief strategies and response protocols, Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) launched “Beat the Heat” in 2021.
Mapping Tool
How vulnerable is your community to extreme heat?
Explore the Heat Vulnerability Mapping tool to identify
priority areas and make targeted interventions in support of
heat resilience.
Explore Heat Vulnerability Mapping Tool
Tools & Resources
Explore tools and resources created as part of the Beat the Heat
program
Sponsors and Affiliates
The Healthy Cities Lab is grateful to the Office of Community &
Rural Affairs for sponsoring the Beat the Heat Project.
Environmental Resilience Institute
The Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University
collaborates with Hoosiers and organizations throughout the
region to better prepare Indiana and the Midwest for
environmental changes that affect individuals, communities,
businesses, and natural systems.
The Healthy Cities Lab
The Healthy Cities Lab, headed by Dr. Dana Habeeb at Indiana
University is primarily concerned with building local awareness
and improving community resilience to extreme heat. For
questions, contact us at
hcities@iu.edu