Adapting to the inevitability of the 40oC city

Adapting to the inevitability of the 40oC city, Climate Change Adaptation ‘by Design Guide’ for sustainable communities, published
by the Town and Country Planning Association, May 2007. The guide shows how adapting towns and
cities to climate change offers enormous potential for creating high value, quality places
where people and businesses will want to spend time. “We must adapt to the inevitability of the 40oC city. Without very strong action we
will see temperatures in many UK cities sitting above 40oC for long periods of the
summer. The social and economic, not to mention environmental, implications of
this will be far reaching and threatens to undermine the long term desirability of
towns and cities as places to live and work.”
“Responding to this requires innovative use of space within and around buildings.
Ill thought through promotion of high density development in order to save land
can do much to exacerbate the problems. Space needs to be left or created for
large canopy trees combined with green space and green roofs which can help to
keep summer temperatures in cities cooler and minimise the risk of urban
flooding.” Robert Shaw, TCPA Director (Policy and Projects)
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References
 
*TCPA, press release May 23 2007
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