1. Arson and Residential Segregation in New Orleans, 1895-1915 • Wright Kennedy, University of South Carolina.

2. Water and Well-being in Colonial Rio de Janeiro: 1500-1900 • Alida Metcalf, Rice University.

3. Trash and Rodents in a “Renaissance” City • Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins University.

4. The Spatial Distribution of the Burden of Heat-Related Mortality by Causes of Death in Madrid • Diego Ramiro Fariñas, IEGD-CCHS Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); Dariya Ordanovich, Spanish National Research Council; Aurelio Tobias, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Stanislao Mazzoni, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).