Uploaded on 2016-03-07 by elyaskazmi
Image 1: city center ![][1] Image 2: surroundings ![][2] A way to reduce this UHI would be to develop green pathways, plant tree or add nature to the urban landscape. Indeed, green spaces have the ability to moderate the micro-climates extremes. It's an easy, quite cheap and efficient solutions I think. I don't know about Zurich, but I found some action plan adopted by the city of Geneva in Switzerland, in a way to reduce the UHI effets (Urban Heat Island): - Cantonal Master Plan for the Republic and Canton of Geneva - Renaturation of the rivers, countryside conservation, - Rediscovering the rivers in a densely built urban zone etc… [1]: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zECdUE8pzn4/UX2F_c9UY9I/AAAAAAAAL7E/avpcqjC3vTU/s1600/Z%C3%BArich.jpg [2]: http://vintage.johnnyjet.com/photos/Brown_Benjamin_Zurich_2009_19.jpg