The City of San Antonio is taking action. The San Antonio Heat Resilience Playbook is a guide for the Mayor and City Council, an action plan for departments, a tool for the community and an opportunity to share San Antonio’s successes. It uplifts existing City-led heat resilience efforts, accelerates actions that have had limited movement, integrates existing initiatives to create greater impact, tracks progress and develops new transformative initiatives.
In a nutshell, this resource offers:
- Information about heat preparedness, training material, and communications strategies
- Options for cooling strategies and assistance
- Extreme heat design standards
- Guidance on tree planting, green spaces, and biodiversity management
How to use this resource:
- As a template for holistic planning for a climate threat
- To identify communications and preparation strategies
- As an example of data-driven heat adaptation planning
Author: City of San Antonio
Date published: 2025
Resource is available online here.