Uploaded on 2016-04-14 by wisamz

Unbelievable how big are the differences !!! It reaches 27 degrees in New York and Los Angeles higher than the rural areas. **2. Which are the main UHI effects that you can identify in your area?** So, being a desert city, Dubai has it's own climatic conditions, that are 6 months a year hotter than the thermal comfort, accompanied with high humidity levels, simply in numbers, Dubai's temperature drops down to 6 degrees in January, and hits 50 degrees in June with 60% humidity average. Reasons - Investments that don't respect their context, environment and ecology - Air conditioning is everywhere, starting from district cooling, to cars and bus stops air conditioning - Significant number of vehicles - people's lifestyle and behavior ![A rural city that has lower density of built environments and more desert areas (photo taken by me in 2014)][1] ![Dubai Marina is one of the luxurious areas in the city where people come to enjoy their vacations not giving any attention to any sustainability or climatic issues, as it appears the area is full of the high rise building with the massive glass facades from all sides that are completely served by central and domestic air conditioning][2] **3. Which are the measures you would propose?** Educate people. The more educated city users are, the less UHI effect will be. There are lots of subject to be included in-between the two parts of the sentence, but everything always starts with education that always reflects the outcome once it is practiced! **4. Is UHI effect concerning policy making in your area?** Dubai Municipality (the main building and construction authority) has it's own permitting regulations, and a very important chapter of that is the green building conditions, that every single building should consider and fulfill during the design and permitting stage, and most of these conditions help to reduce the UHI effect, such as and limited to: - 25% of any building's footprint area should be soft landscaped with certain local species of plants. - Every building should bicycle racks that are equal to 15% of the required number of car parking. And many other conditions that really help reducing the UHI effect if applied and treated seriously. **Thank you for reading** [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14606613807313988.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14606617742420668.jpg