Via China Water Risk, a look at the hidden costs of air conditioning: It’s not just us, lots of things need cooling – medicines, textiles, data centers etc.; Plus extreme weather & warming = more indoor-grown food & refrigeration facilities needed More Cooling = more power = more emissions = hotter climate; By 2050, cooling […]
Read more »Via Mongabay, a look at how conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh: Conserving existing wetlands and restoring urban waterways can be an effective way for urban planners to protect city residents from extreme heat. In Dhaka, as in other large cities, paved urban landscapes absorb heat and intensify the risk […]
Read more »Via The Guardian, a look at initial results showing homes in Sierra Leone’s capital fitted with heat-reflective roofing sheets can be up to 6C cooler: Mohamed Koroma has lived in the Kroo Bay waterfront community in Freetown for more than 50 years but cannot remember a time when the weather has been as hot as […]
Read more »Via Harvard Magazine, a look at one landscape architects efforts to use nature to cool cities: In 2009, Bas Smets walked across an old industrial plaza in Arles, France. Entirely concrete, the space posed a problem. The area was being transformed into a large art complex, but in the intense summer sun, the ground reflected […]
Read more »Via The Mercury News, a look at a new oceanfront wetland on California’s farmland to help reduce the risk of flooding during storms Recent raging winter storms have caved in streets, wrecked piers, collapsed homes and apartment buildings, and submerged property up and down California’s coastline. Now, as sea levels continue to rise from climate […]
Read more »Via Yale’s e360, a look at how – to manage contaminated stormwater – Philadelphia went all in on “green” infrastructure, like rain gardens and permeable pavement. But an increase in extreme rain events is spurring other U.S. cities to double down on traditional sewer upgrades that can handle the overflow. In 2011, Philadelphia’s city-owned water […]
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