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Created2010-01-31
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During the mid-part of the last decade, when the population growth rate was at its highest, the Phoenix area experienced rapid development and urban sprawl. The result has been an intensification of the Urban Heat Island effect. In this edition of Decades, author Sally Wittlinger discusses this uncomfortable consequence of

During the mid-part of the last decade, when the population growth rate was at its highest, the Phoenix area experienced rapid development and urban sprawl. The result has been an intensification of the Urban Heat Island effect. In this edition of Decades, author Sally Wittlinger discusses this uncomfortable consequence of urbanization.

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Created2011-07-12
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In a desert city such as Phoenix, summertime heat is a way of life, but how much does the built environment contribute to the intensity of the heat on a summer night? In urbanized Phoenix, nights don’t cool down as much as in the surrounding rural areas and on more

In a desert city such as Phoenix, summertime heat is a way of life, but how much does the built environment contribute to the intensity of the heat on a summer night? In urbanized Phoenix, nights don’t cool down as much as in the surrounding rural areas and on more and more summer nights, the official Phoenix temperature fails to drop below 90 degrees. Climate plays a huge role in the comfort and quality of life of residents, with numerous implications for tourism, energy demand, water use, and the vulnerability of low-income families.

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Created1994-04-25
DescriptionTwo men posed together and one man is wearing a t-shirt that says "slut."
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Created1994-05-09
DescriptionTrees outside the back of a building
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Created1994-05-09
DescriptionTrees outside the back of a building; second angle
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Created1994-05-09
DescriptionCar driving down a road
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Created1991-09-30
DescriptionEvents and Bars, 1991 September 30 Four men posed together behind a glass bar; second angle
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Created1991-09-30
DescriptionEvents and Bars, 1991 September 30 Bartender with moustache at the cash register; staff at Farrah's
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Created1991-09-30
DescriptionEvents and Bars, 1991 September 30 Staff at Farrah's; Bartender in a Hawaiian shirt pouring a beer
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Created1991-10-14
DescriptionBars, 1991 October 14 First Class Male Revue at CJ's; Two men wearing red shorts and black jackets posing in front of a crowd