Tag: Urban heat island
Study confirms that development contributes to urban heat
With 50-degree-plus summers on the horizon, could green and blue infrastructure help alleviate urban heat effects in highly developed areas?
Designing for climate change
Recent research suggests we must look beyond generalized urban cooling strategies to address heat in our cities.
Cities need trees, but that means cutting some down
To beat the urban heat island effect with trees we need to ensure that we pay for planning as well as planting.
Cooling a tropical city
A draft plan for Australia’s hottest capital city, Darwin, proposes a suite of measures to combat urban heat island effects in its central business district.