Rebecca Walker, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Rebecca Walker, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Historic racial covenants in property deeds continue to influence who is most at risk from exposure to extreme heat today, according to a study by Rebecca Walker, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Walker’s study is the first to examine the environmental impact of racial covenants, using the first database to map the presence of the covenants in a U.S. metropolitan area.

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