Uploaded on 2015-10-21 by Samuel_BS

Apparently every city has a greater temperature degrees compare to the rural areas, as we learn every single city is unique and has particular environments, climate, buildings, technology and culture. It will be interested to take a look into what kind of geometry? what kind of industry? what kind of mobility? These cities have to identify particular reasons that cause this effect. As we know this problem is related with health, stress, and heat problems by using more and more air conditioner to get a nice worm temperature. It is important to apply norms/rules, to company’s buildings, transportation and urban design to actually create cities that has a culture for this aspects. In Mexico one of our problems is that we have “expertise” that are not completely prepared to actually understand this subject or they usually still play for one of the main factors that is money. I mean if you try to make a “green” building or facility it might be expensive compare to traditional construction and design. But it is necessary to start seeing cities with a different vision. An propagate a culture for better a greater opportunities. 2. - Which are the main UHI Effects that you can identify in your area. In Mexico city where I live we have a temperature between 60 and 70° F, but to be honest this city has dramatically temperature changes I mean only a couple of weeks ago you could walk without using a jacket but in only two days the temperature got lower and colder. In the place that I live there are big skyscrapers and honestly it is possible to experience the differences between one area and another. I chose 2 pictures where you can see the skyscrapers and next to them there is a forest know and “bosque de Chapultepec”, you can actually feel the temperature and wind differences and it is just around one km distant from one place to the other. Mexico city is really polluted and I mean you cannot even see the stars anymore, and no one really cares about it. I mean is quite funny how we expend our money for insurance when we don’t even try to change our habits and what affects our lives. ![Skycrapers][1] ![Bosque de chapultepec][2] 3.-Wich are the measures you would propose? I will try to come up with new rules to change the way we design and also it is important to teach people about methods that help us to transform this reality and avoid UHI effect, I would also transform education so we can teach about the concerns of this particular era and teach everyone about this subjects. I mean architects we are no exactly designing cities on our own it more about population and people. 4.-Is UHI Effect concerning policy making in your area? There’s actually no proper policy for this subject, some political or institutional agencies, talk about this effect but they only recommend that you consider applying some methods about this problem and that’s it. It is quite useless with all due respect. These is a norm that talks about this but is not NMX-AA-164-SCFI-2013 properly a rule to apply, the only 3 points that this Norm talk is about green roof, try to have a 50% of surface area have a good Index reflection and provide any other methods that help to reduce this problem. There is another Index call “ Indice de ciudades competitivas y sustentables” that institutions such as Banamex, Infonavit and BanObras create to measure quality in the cities of Mexico, they don’t talk about Heat Island effect but they have a measure for quality air, it might be related with the subject but honestly I don’t know exactly what methods does this Index has used. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14454554208666811.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14454554309136571.jpg