How a hot city can keep its cool
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Dreaming of an island escape this summer? There’s one kind of island you’ll want to run far, far away from if you’re trying to beat the heat. Thanks to something called the “urban heat island effect,” cities like Los Angeles and New York are literally the hottest places to live -- and climate change is only heating things up more.
An epic heat wave wreaked havoc across L.A. over the past week, leaving more than 26,000 residents without power after temperatures spiked at 109 degrees in downtown. The good news is that cities are taking serious action to stem the serious public health threats that come along with extreme heat. Cool, right?
Read more about New York's efforts to stay cool:
grist.org/article/heat-check/
Sources:
Doug Kelbaugh
taubmancollege.umich.edu/facu...
Angela Tovar - The Point Community Development Corporation
thepoint.org/
Climate Central - Summer in the City
www.climatecentral.org/news/ur...
Cool Neighborhoods NYC:
www1.nyc.gov/assets/orr/pdf/C...
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
www.nyc-eja.org/
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downl...
Illinois State Climatologist:
www.isws.illinois.edu/statecl...
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Scrapping single-family-only zoning is a good start. It's hard to get people out of cars when the only legal type of development essentially requires car travel.
*Reducing Urban Heat In A City* 2 simple, fundamental and cheap long term solutions for reducing urban heat in a city: 1) Plant more trees near areas where there are running water in streams, canals or rivers 2) Create more running waters in streams near areas there are more trees. Notes: 1) Other vegetation do not result in as much water evaporation as water evaporation by trees 2) Trees not near running water or streams may not have enough water for water evaporation to effectively reduce ambient heat in the environment or to reduce urban heat 3) Air-con systems are very wasteful as they merely transfer indoor heat to outdoor, resulting in increase in the ambient temperature in the environment or increase in urban heat.
dont care about the negative comments.
nobody talks about artificial grass turf that warms a lot and damage the environment and health avoid evaporation and co2 absorbtion
lmao they liked the comment!!!
Inner-city sauna like benefits?
lol
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