Brian Stone
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6505543 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Brian Stone |
| PRENOMES | Brian |
| SOBRENOME | Stone |
| ASSINATURA | STONE B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2418-0486 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Safe at Home
Problem, research strategy, and findings Indoor residential environments will be an increasing source of dangerous heat exposure as summer temperatures rise. Although air conditioning is a recognized preventative measure, many vulnerable residents either lack air conditioning or cannot always afford the electricity. Understanding the relative influence of different building characteristics and percentages of tree canopy coverage on indoor air tem…
Planning for Climate Leadership
The profession of planning must act now to become an integral player addressing the existential crisis of climate change. This Commentary builds on the findings of the 2020–2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Presidential Climate Action Task Force, which assessed opportunities to enhance the academy’s climate leadership in research, teaching, and operations. We argue that our field must integrate climate research and education in…
Heat-Related Illness Is Associated with Lack of Air Conditioning and Pre-Existing Health Problems in Detroit, Michigan, USA
The objective of the study was to investigate, using academic-community epidemiologic co-analysis, the odds of reported heat-related illness for people with (1) central air conditioning (AC) or window unit AC versus no AC, and (2) fair/poor vs. good/excellent reported health. From 2016 to 2017, 101 Detroit residents were surveyed once regarding extreme heat, housing and neighborhood features, and heat-related illness in the prior 5 years. Academi…
Urban Heat Management in Louisville, Kentucky
We explore the potential for cities to develop urban heat management plans to moderate rising temperatures and to lessen the impact of extreme heat on human health. Specifically, we model the impacts of heat management strategies, including tree planting and other green infrastructure, cool roofing and paving, and a reduction in waste heat emissions from buildings and vehicles, on estimated heat-related mortality across Louisville, Kentucky. Our …
The social and spatial distribution of temperature-related health impacts from urban heat island reduction policies
The City and the Coming Climate
This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy currently advocated to mitigate climate change – the reduction of greenhouse gases – will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in urban environments. Brian Stone exp…
Understanding the link between street connectivity, land use and pedestrian flows
Urban Form and Extreme Heat Events
BACKGROUND: Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency in large U.S. cities and are responsible for a greater annual number of climate-related fatalities, on average, than any other form of extreme weather. In addition, low-density, sprawling patterns of urban development have been associated with enhanced surface temperatures in urbanized areas. OBJECTIVES: In this study. we examined the association between urban form at the level of…
Urban sprawl and air quality in large US cities
Air Quality by Design
This article examines the gradual emergence of an integrated technological and behavioral approach to mobile source emissions control in the United States. Confronted with the persistence of urban air quality problems in regions experiencing rapid population growth and decentralization, the Environmental Protection Agency recently developed a set of guidelines to permit metropolitan regions to receive air quality “credit” for the adoption of “sma…
Urban Form and Thermal Efficiency
This article presents findings from a study on residential development patterns and urban heat island formation in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan region. High-resolution thermal imagery collected by the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) is used in conjunction with parcel-level tax records to examine the interaction between the design of single-family residential parcels and the emission of radiant heat energy. Results from…
Group Ability Test versus Teachers' Ratings for Predicting Achievement
Standardized group tests of ability are sometimes considered biased when group means are unequal. A more accurate measure of bias is fairness in prediction. To assess whether a group ability test predicted achievement fairly, the association of the Verbal Ability score of the Cognitive Abilities Test and the Composite score of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills was examined for four ethnic groups. The relationship between 25 teachers' ratings of stud…
Bias in Learning Disabilities Placement
A nationally representative sample of 20,614 eighth grade students was examined for bias in placement decisions for children said to have learning disabilities. Factors investigated for bias were race, sex, and socioeconomic status. Path analysis showed significant and direct paths from sex and race to placement, controlling for socioeconomic status, academic ability, and behavioral competency. Boys were overrepresented in such classes beyond wha…
The social and spatial distribution of temperature-related health impacts from urban heat island reduction policies
Planning for Climate Leadership
The profession of planning must act now to become an integral player addressing the existential crisis of climate change. This Commentary builds on the findings of the 2020–2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Presidential Climate Action Task Force, which assessed opportunities to enhance the academy’s climate leadership in research, teaching, and operations. We argue that our field must integrate climate research and education in…
Urban Heat Management in Louisville, Kentucky
We explore the potential for cities to develop urban heat management plans to moderate rising temperatures and to lessen the impact of extreme heat on human health. Specifically, we model the impacts of heat management strategies, including tree planting and other green infrastructure, cool roofing and paving, and a reduction in waste heat emissions from buildings and vehicles, on estimated heat-related mortality across Louisville, Kentucky. Our …
Bias in Learning Disabilities Placement
A nationally representative sample of 20,614 eighth grade students was examined for bias in placement decisions for children said to have learning disabilities. Factors investigated for bias were race, sex, and socioeconomic status. Path analysis showed significant and direct paths from sex and race to placement, controlling for socioeconomic status, academic ability, and behavioral competency. Boys were overrepresented in such classes beyond wha…
Group Ability Test versus Teachers' Ratings for Predicting Achievement
Standardized group tests of ability are sometimes considered biased when group means are unequal. A more accurate measure of bias is fairness in prediction. To assess whether a group ability test predicted achievement fairly, the association of the Verbal Ability score of the Cognitive Abilities Test and the Composite score of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills was examined for four ethnic groups. The relationship between 25 teachers' ratings of stud…
Urban Form and Thermal Efficiency
This article presents findings from a study on residential development patterns and urban heat island formation in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan region. High-resolution thermal imagery collected by the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) is used in conjunction with parcel-level tax records to examine the interaction between the design of single-family residential parcels and the emission of radiant heat energy. Results from…
Air Quality by Design
This article examines the gradual emergence of an integrated technological and behavioral approach to mobile source emissions control in the United States. Confronted with the persistence of urban air quality problems in regions experiencing rapid population growth and decentralization, the Environmental Protection Agency recently developed a set of guidelines to permit metropolitan regions to receive air quality “credit” for the adoption of “sma…
Urban sprawl and air quality in large US cities
Urban Form and Extreme Heat Events
BACKGROUND: Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency in large U.S. cities and are responsible for a greater annual number of climate-related fatalities, on average, than any other form of extreme weather. In addition, low-density, sprawling patterns of urban development have been associated with enhanced surface temperatures in urbanized areas. OBJECTIVES: In this study. we examined the association between urban form at the level of…
Understanding the link between street connectivity, land use and pedestrian flows
The City and the Coming Climate
This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy currently advocated to mitigate climate change – the reduction of greenhouse gases – will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in urban environments. Brian Stone exp…
The social and spatial distribution of temperature-related health impacts from urban heat island reduction policies
Urban Heat Management in Louisville, Kentucky
We explore the potential for cities to develop urban heat management plans to moderate rising temperatures and to lessen the impact of extreme heat on human health. Specifically, we model the impacts of heat management strategies, including tree planting and other green infrastructure, cool roofing and paving, and a reduction in waste heat emissions from buildings and vehicles, on estimated heat-related mortality across Louisville, Kentucky. Our …
Heat-Related Illness Is Associated with Lack of Air Conditioning and Pre-Existing Health Problems in Detroit, Michigan, USA
The objective of the study was to investigate, using academic-community epidemiologic co-analysis, the odds of reported heat-related illness for people with (1) central air conditioning (AC) or window unit AC versus no AC, and (2) fair/poor vs. good/excellent reported health. From 2016 to 2017, 101 Detroit residents were surveyed once regarding extreme heat, housing and neighborhood features, and heat-related illness in the prior 5 years. Academi…
Safe at Home
Problem, research strategy, and findings Indoor residential environments will be an increasing source of dangerous heat exposure as summer temperatures rise. Although air conditioning is a recognized preventative measure, many vulnerable residents either lack air conditioning or cannot always afford the electricity. Understanding the relative influence of different building characteristics and percentages of tree canopy coverage on indoor air tem…
Planning for Climate Leadership
The profession of planning must act now to become an integral player addressing the existential crisis of climate change. This Commentary builds on the findings of the 2020–2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Presidential Climate Action Task Force, which assessed opportunities to enhance the academy’s climate leadership in research, teaching, and operations. We argue that our field must integrate climate research and education in…
Geography (10 obras) · Meteorology (7 obras) · Metropolitan area (6 obras) · Urban Heat Island Mitigation (6 obras) · Climate change (5 obras) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (5 obras) · Environmental Science (5 obras) · Engineering (4 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Urban Green Space and Health (4 obras)