Uploaded on 2015-10-14 by laszlo_sandor

I live in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, Europe. The first picture is the biggest avenue in my city. ![enter image description here][1] The picture below is the suburban area. ![enter image description here][2] The 3rd picture is the rural - outskirts - of the city. ![enter image description here][3] This city is rather small and does not have a strong UHI effect. **The UHI effects that I could identify in my area are:** - Pollution from private car transportation, because many of the city’s workers live in the outskirts and not in the city center so they go everywhere with their polluting cars; - Asphalt pedestrian streets and of course roads radiate heat. - Lack of an electric public transportation system, which would reduce pollution in the city - Lack of green areas, such as parks, in the city center **Which are the measures you would propose?** - Make an electric tram system on the main roads of the city, which are on the 1 lane available now for the cars. The cars can easily go on a tram track, and the trams would go in every 10 minutes on that route, so the traffic doesn’t get jammed because of the tram. The stops would be where the cars are parked, so when the tram stops it doesn’t stop on the car’s lane. This would easily solve the biggest problem with providing a reliable transportation from the suburban area into the city center. The biggest traffic is because people are coming to work with their cars. - I would expand the small trees area in the city center with big oasis like areas, to really provide shade and to have multiple filters throughout the city. The city center is now paved with prefabricated concrete slabs. I will put an image of the center for you to see. It should contain much more dense green areas. **Is UHI effect concerning policy making in your area?** The major UHI effect creators are the dense buildings, which is not really the case in my city, because the urbanization is very controlled. There are urban plans of the city and they provide the maximum height of certain zones in the city and maximum density on the lot, which can keep the city under control. Another policy is that there are numerous trees planted, which are now small, but they will grow and be perfect between the parked cars and the sidewalks and between the 2 opposite lanes of traffic, which help to reduce the heat accumulation on the road. I must admit, that I live in a great and healthy city. I don’t think there is much temperature difference between the “urban” and the “rural” area, just a few 2-4C maybe. Since the winters are very cold and the summer is just warm, this little UHI effect is beneficial in the winter. The summer avg. High temp. is 24 C and avg. Low temp. is 9 C. The winter avg. High temp. is -2 C and avg. Low temp. is -11 C. A picture standing in the city center. There should be more green spaces in this big central square. ![enter image description here][4] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14448400178120015.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14448400869558434.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1444840220866871.jpg [4]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14448404429162832.jpg