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After another hot summer, here are 6 ways to cool our cities in future

… global warming, cities already face a problem — the  urban heat island  effect, whereby inner urban areas are hotter than the surrounding rural areas. Urban heat islands are caused by factors such as pollution, energy … ambient temperatures by 1-2°C. This is a result of water heat retention and evaporative cooling. In addition to …
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Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Implementing Nature-based Solutions for Resilience

… and increase adoption. One opportunity may be the current wave of government economic stimulus funding in response to … offers several urban greening options, for instance, urban heat island mitigation and storm-water management. Such … disaster impacts (e.g. slope stabilization, reduction of heat island effect, etc.) and their contribution to climate …

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