{"447151":{"#nid":"447151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Stone receives $2.3 million NSF grant to study emergency preparedness during extreme heat events","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDuring a summer filled with extreme wildfires and crippling drought, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 11 new grants to help researchers improve our understanding and responsiveness to these, and other, widespread catastrophes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ESchool of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) Professor Brian Stone is no stranger to the dangers of heat and climate change. He directs the Georgia Tech Urban Climate Lab, a group of researchers at SCaRP who are exploring the connections between climate change and the built environment.\u0026nbsp;Stone is currently leading the country\u2019s first major urban heat adaption plan out of Louisville, Kentucky \u2013 the U.S. city with the fastest warming urban heat island in the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EStone\u2019s new NSF grant of $2.3 million will fund research in 3 different U.S. cities --\u0026nbsp;Atlanta, Denver, and Phoenix -- and is undertaken in concert with colleagues at the University of Michigan and Arizona State University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022Extreme heat is among the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the U.S.,\u201d he writes in the project abstract. \u201cMore frequent and intense heat waves are expected with climate change, so future blackouts may result in significant risks to public health, especially among children, the elderly, and the poor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022As extreme heat events become more common, critical infrastructure failures in cities may become as threatening as the heat\u0026nbsp;itself -- particularly to individuals lacking continuous access to air conditioning,\u0022 says Stone. \u0022This study is designed to assess\u0026nbsp;population vulnerability to heat during electrical grid disruptions\u0026nbsp;and to assist cities in developing heat management plans as urban areas continue to warm with\u0026nbsp;climate change.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stone\u2019s new NSF grant of $2.3 million will fund research in 3 different U.S. cities: Atlanta, Denver, and Phoenix."}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-09-14 08:30:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:33","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"554451":{"id":"554451","type":"image","title":"BRIAN STONE_2016","body":null,"created":"1469105993","gmt_created":"2016-07-21 12:59:53","changed":"1475895353","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:53","alt":"BRIAN STONE_2016","file":{"fid":"206562","name":"stone_photo_crop_color_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stone_photo_crop_color_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stone_photo_crop_color_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":990805,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stone_photo_crop_color_0_0.jpg?itok=P_hVbXCp"}}},"media_ids":["554451"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"1349","name":"Brian Stone"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"141121","name":"denver"},{"id":"8743","name":"emergency preparedness"},{"id":"141141","name":"extreme heat"},{"id":"18651","name":"featured"},{"id":"141131","name":"heat events"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"113571","name":"pheonix"},{"id":"168875","name":"stone"},{"id":"12808","name":"urban heat island"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}