Uploaded on 2016-04-04 by VSSJ

2. *Oporto, Portugal is a old city that is taking a large advance in last years* ![Porto - electrico][1] Oporto City is provide of many green places that take an offer of rural place inside of the city. There have been a good study along the process to obtain the best of we could offer for the citizens and with many concerns about sustainability and livability in order to do the things good. Nowadays we can afford of a better air, according to the studies, and most of it become after a creation of the City Park and more green spaces all over the city. Has you can see at this both pictures there is a similar connection between those people relaxing at the Downtown , and those lambs at a rural surrounding area near Oporto. ![Porto - espaços verdes emergentes][2] ![Rural][3] 3. Measures / initiatives to be taken to reduct the UHI effect and Provide a more livability: - Promoting public transport user, bicycles, electric cars there by reducing the emission of CO2. - Cultivating more Afforestation and creation of more green spaces. - Promote a new design for new buildings creating a greater spacing between them, better use of soil. - Ecosistems and Focus on Sustainability. - Rehabilitation of old buildings as the primary point, making them authentic recycled buildings. - Correct the mistakes of the past, avoiding alleys, narrow streets without light becoming more experiential and healthy spaces. 4. I choose this links I take from the Internet for you understand better what is happening in Oporto. ![porto1][4] ![city park][5] http://web.letras.up.pt/anamt/Publicações/The%20shape%20and%20magnitude%20of%20porto's%20heat%20island%20as%20sustainability%20indicator.pdf https://books.google.pt/books?id=lnmbBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=uhi+effect+porto&source=bl&ots=jI3bseUz6u&sig=11wd8oWX42mrABbQp8P_dk8CPJE&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy4LGKufXLAhUB1RQKHQkkAEwQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=uhi%20effect%20porto&f=false http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~wrobel/ramses/city-pages/city-page-porto-uhi.html [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14597924481190154.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1459792495813058.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14597926299401846.jpg [4]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14597935186086825.png [5]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14597935424358985.png