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Answer 2: I live in the city of Delhi. The capital city of India is one of the most populated cities in the workd and also one of the most polluted ones. With each year the temperatures are rising. Increasing temperatures lead to increased toxic ozone levels, reaching upto 120 ppb in some parts of the city which is way beyond the permissible limit of 50ppb (8 hour day average). And hundreds of people die due to heat related illnesses each year. (Sources for the images can be found in the image description) ![New Delhi urban area source-www.footage.frampool.com][1] ![Anangpur source - www.quiker.com][2] Answer 3: Delhi has an ever-increasing number of automobiles. In the past decade only it is said that the amount of vehicles increased by 97%. I would propose to reduce the number of vehicles t reduce the greenhouse emission and other pollutants improving the air quality and reducing the air temperatures. Inclusion of parks and other green spaces in the spatial layout of cities would enable better heat exchange. The overall layout of the built mass should be looked at and measures should be taken to enable our buildings to be cimate appropriate in terms of construction techniques, building material and design. We should also work on reducing the use of air conditioning systems. By using the air conditioning systems we are able to cool our indoors but in turn adversely impact our outdoors, which in turn ultimately increases the temperatures of the microclimate and thus increases our requirement to use the cooling systems. Hence we enter a never ending cycle. Therefore we must make a conscious effort to reduce our dependent on the air conditioning and cooling systems even if it need a compromise on thermal comfort at some points. Answer 4: Delhi is the world’s most polluted cities, the air quality is significantly poor. But still no significant steps are being taken to tackle the problem on either micro or macro level. A few steps to reduce the number of cars on road have been adopted by the current govt. but they seem only transient and inadequate. No such steps are being proposed at the local levels at all. Most importantly an increased awareness of the issues is required which is not addressed to, in our policies at all. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14614953527009544.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1461495682532839.jpeg