Mitigating Extreme Heat Exposure Using Advanced and Novel Materials and Improved Pedestrian Infrastructure Design: A Systematic Literature Review and Survey of Agencies [supporting dataset]

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• Creators:
  Doran, Elizabeth M.B. ; Reichard, William (Will) ; Boothe, Morgan ; Donnell, Grace ; Fan, Huiying ; Rowangould, Gregory ; Guensler, Randall
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center ; Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Advanced Pavements Alternative Pavements Climate Change Cool Pavements Data Collection Decision Making Drainage Green Stormwater Infrastructure Heat Islands Infrastructure Literature Reviews Urban Heat Island Novel Materials Pavements Surveys Thermal Comfort Transportation Planning

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCST-UVM-RR-25-02
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14018709
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Right Statement:
  Open Access; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Florida;Georgia;Maine;New Hampshire;Vermont
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC)
• Abstract:
  Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related mortality in the United States, and extreme heat events are projected to continue increase in geographic extent, frequency, and severity in the United States as climate change progresses. Transportation infrastructure is a significant driver of the urban heat island (UHI) effects and of extreme heat events within micro-environments. Efforts to mitigate UHI impacts often focus on reflecting incoming solar radiation (i.e., increasing surface albedo) and providing shade (e.g., planting street trees). However, alterative and novel materials (ANM) for pavements that reduce heat storage, and green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) that promotes evaporative cooling, can provide additional heat mitigation pathways. Sidewalks facilitate non-motorized transportation, and are relatively low-risk, low-cost, and have simple structural requirements compared to other transportation infrastructure. Hence, sidewalks and adjacent planting strips can offer a logical test bed for new materials and designs. With the thermal comfort, safety, and efficiency of users in mind, environmentally responsible designs can also minimize energy embedded in construction materials and help maintain natural ecosystem processes. Although ANMs hold significant promise for heat effect mitigation, they have not yet achieved widespread implementation. This project reviewed the growing literature related to the application of ANMs and GSI to reduce UHI effects and implemented a survey of urban planners and public works engineers to assess the current and planned use of these strategies. The survey also asked respondents to identify barriers to implementing heat mitigation strategies within their pedestrian infrastructure systems. This report summarizes the survey methods, survey results, findings related to selection of mitigation alternatives, and respondent-reported issues associated with implementation (regulatory requirements, design standards, economic feasibility, etc.) for an anticipated reading audience of urban policy makers, planners, and practitioners.
  
  The total size of the zip file is 42.7 KB. The .xlsx and .xls file types are Microsoft Excel files, which can be opened with Excel, and other free available spreadsheet software, such as OpenRefine.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: As this dataset is preserved in a repository outside U.S. DOT control, as allowed by the U.S. DOT’s Public Access Plan (https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647) Section 7.4.2 Data, the NTL staff has performed NO additional curation actions on this dataset. This dataset has been curated to CoreTrustSeal's curation level "C. Initial Curation." To find out more information on CoreTrustSeal's curation levels, please consult their "Curation & Preservation Levels" CoreTrustSeal Discussion Paper" (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11476980). NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2024-02-03. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset at the host repository, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
  
  Public Access Note: This item is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Use the following citation:
  
  Lu, H. (2024). A Survey of Agencies on Mitigating Extreme Heat Exposure through Novel Materials and Improved Pedestrian Infrastructure Design [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14018709
  
  
• Format:
  ZIP
• Funding:
  69A3551747114
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7fe3ab4508bcbf4a7582aee39ef11e13f4134d31cf0f911fc389a58fdc848e749a71354103be7efe2144ba60dfdfbe2d7859ecec2e8c6b0c1358019d88b5b44
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/79668/dot_79668_DS1.json
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