Assignment 2:3 – Formal Report Outline

To: Write as Rain, ENGL 301 Technical Writing group
From: Dakota Tryhuba, ENGL 301 student
Date: 23 February 2019
Subject: Formal Report Outline

Resolving an urban controversy: the impact of extreme heat conditions on Montréal’s urban development

I. INTRODUCTION
A. Audience
B. Definition of urban heat island
C. Background on health implications from urban heat islands
D. Statement of Problem
E. Purpose of this report
F. Examples of adverse health effects from urban heat islands
G. Brief description of primary and secondary sources
H. Scope of this inquiry

II. DATA SECTION
A. Secondary research results
1. Major factors in urban heat islands
2. Number of fatalities from urban heat islands in recent years

B. Primary survey results
1. What experts say about the issue
2. Costs associated with remediation

C. Studies on reducing urban heat island effects
1. Summary of findings

III. PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Recommendations

IV. CONCLUSION 
A. Summary and interpretation of findings
B. Proposed solution