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University of Arizona - Arizona Institute for Resilience

From heat research to heat action.

We help communities plan for extreme heat, put those plans into practice, and measure what works, drawing on expertise from across the University of Arizona.

Our vision is a world where all people thrive in the face of extreme heat.

The Arizona Institute for Resilience's Heat Resilience Initiative tackles the global challenge of extreme heat through an integrated approach of research, education, and community engagement. By bridging multidisciplinary expertise at the University of Arizona with key federal partnerships and local decision-makers, we develop scalable solutions and training opportunities to build a more heat-resilient future for the Southwest and beyond.

Our focus areas

Planning and governance is our core. Our affiliates extend the work into health, the built environment, and technology.

Core

Planning, Policy, and Governance

The plans, policies, and institutions communities use to manage extreme heat.

With Affiliates

Health and Medicine

Who is most at risk from heat, and how health systems can respond.

With Affiliates

Built and Natural Environments

How streets, buildings, transit stops, and trees shape how hot people get.

With Affiliates

Technology and Innovation

Sensors, wearables, and AI that help communities detect heat risk and act sooner.

How we work

Heat plans are multiplying, but few communities can tell whether theirs is working. We help close that gap.

Evaluate

We assess heat plans and policies against the evidence, then help communities track whether they are carried out and whether they work.

Plan Quality Evaluation - PIRS for Heat - HAPIE

Co-create

We work alongside cities, counties, and community groups to build heat roadmaps and practical tools they own.

Heat Roadmaps - Heat Walk in a Box

Connect

We bring researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers together, in Arizona and around the world.

Arizona Heat Research and Data Workgroup - HRI newsletter - GHHIN

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