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Linking Urban Greening and Community Engagement with Heat-Related Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Olivia J. Keenan, Aalayna Rae Green, Alexander R. Young, Daniel S.W. Katz, Qi Li, Wenna Xi, David L. Miller, Chris Williams, Emily Nobel Maxwell, Glenn L. McMillan, Sr., Julia Gohlke, Nathan Ashe, Sarah Wozniak, Michelle R. Demetres, Laila Gad and Arnab K. Ghosh
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) July 2025, 51 (4) 379-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2025.017
Olivia J. Keenan
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 420 E 70th St, New York, NY, USA
BAAalayna Rae Green
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, 111 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY, USA,
BSAlexander R. Young
Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 8 College Road, Durham, NH, USA,
MSDaniel S.W. Katz
School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, 306 Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY, USA,
PhDQi Li
Cornell Engineering, Cornell University, 313 Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY, USA,
PhD, MSWenna Xi
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, 402 E 67th St, New York, NY, USA,
PhD, MSDavid L. Miller
School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, 306 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY, USA,
PhDChris Williams
Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church, 2365 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY, USA,
D.Min, MAEmily Nobel Maxwell
P.O. Box 302, Jay, NY, USA,
MSGlenn L. McMillan Sr.
Columbia University Center for Community Health, 610 W 130th St, New York, NY, USA,
Julia Gohlke
Environmental Defense Fund, 1875 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 600, Washington, DC, USA, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, 205 Duck Pond Drive, Blacksburg, VA, USA,
PhDNathan Ashe
Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA,
PhDSarah Wozniak
Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA, [email protected]
MPHMichelle R. Demetres
Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical, Information Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA,
MLISLaila Gad
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 420 E 70th St, New York, NY, USA,
BAArnab K. Ghosh
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 420 E 70th St, New York, NY, USA,
MD, MSc, MA
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Linking Urban Greening and Community Engagement with Heat-Related Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Olivia J. Keenan, Aalayna Rae Green, Alexander R. Young, Daniel S.W. Katz, Qi Li, Wenna Xi, David L. Miller, Chris Williams, Emily Nobel Maxwell, Glenn L. McMillan, Julia Gohlke, Nathan Ashe, Sarah Wozniak, Michelle R. Demetres, Laila Gad, Arnab K. Ghosh
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Jul 2025, 51 (4) 379-415; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2025.017
Linking Urban Greening and Community Engagement with Heat-Related Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Olivia J. Keenan, Aalayna Rae Green, Alexander R. Young, Daniel S.W. Katz, Qi Li, Wenna Xi, David L. Miller, Chris Williams, Emily Nobel Maxwell, Glenn L. McMillan, Julia Gohlke, Nathan Ashe, Sarah Wozniak, Michelle R. Demetres, Laila Gad, Arnab K. Ghosh
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