Uploaded on 2015-10-21 by marialecol08

**1)Check the temperature differences in US cities** **Los Angeles:** Up 27 ° hotter than in the city innearby rural areas Average 2.4 ° City summers are hotter than rural areas Fewer five days above 90 degrees each year than rural areas. **Nueva York:** Up 20 ° hotter than in the city innearby rural areas Avarege 2.7 ° City summers are hotter than rural areas One fewer above 90 degrees each year than rural areas. **Seattle:** Up 17 ° hotter than in the city innearby rural areas Avarge 4.1 ° City summers are hotter than rural areas 2 more days above 90 ° F each year than rural areas. Number 10 biggest diference Between urban and rural temperature **Miami:** Up 17 ° hotter than in the city innearby rural areas Avarge 1.7 ° City summers are hotter than rural areas One fewer days above 90 ° F each year than rural areas. **2)Which are the main UHI effects that you can identify in your area?** Where I live is close to the main city, in fact, it is part of the metropolitan area for which the temperature variation is not much, and rural areas that are around also vary depending on location because they are a different heights and with varying geographical conditions. So I put four example one of my municipality and 3 rural areas. One north one south and one east. Main city Valencia. Max summer temperature: 33.4 ° C According to Wikipedia 2009 October max temperature: 35 ° C according http://www.weather.com **San Diego:** October max temperature: 33 ° C http://www.weather.com San Diego is about 2 degrees cooler than Valencia, so it has less urbanized areas, but both have the same features found in a valley, and have similar climates. **Los Guayos** October max temperature: 35 ° C http://www.weather.com This town is located west of the state and found near a lake has higher temperatures, max temperature measurement yields, like the city but thanks to the humidity, the wind chill is greater. **Trincheras** October max temperature: 35 ° C http://www.meteored.com.ve Trench is north, between the city and the coastal zone. It is located in a mountainous area above 400 meters It is a very green and the city more temperate climate zone, but reveals that in the day keeps the same temperature but lower thermal sensation. **Tocuyito:** October max temperature: 33 ° C http://www.weather.com Tocuyito ecuentra south of the town is a rural and industrial area. It has extensive green areas. The max temperature this month is 33 ° C 2 degrees unless the city but in a lower thermal sanction. According INAMEH is the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, the maximum temperature for 80 in Carabobo state, where the community I live San Diego was about 30 ° C which means that there has been is a increase of at least about 5 ° C. http://www.inameh.gob.ve/mt.php ![San Diego Venezuela, wikipedia.org ][2] San Diego Venezuela, wikipedia.org ![Carabobo State, google.com ][3] Carabobo State, google.com ![Temperature valencia][4] Temperature Valencia ![enter image description here][5] **3)3. Which are the measures you would propose?** Do some research with universities, schools of architecture, and the Ministry of Environment and other stakeholders, the problematic factors of the city and how to improve them, and that this information can be available to users, and integrate them on how they can help in the community. . Propose creating micro climates of vegetation on sidewalksbecause the days are usually quite intense specially in summer, which do not help the comfort of pedestrians. Condition the design standards and conduct thorough inspections of new facilities required for buildings that make less use of air conditioning through cross-ventilation in designs, able to prohibit excessive use of glass that do not help in anything but aesthetics in a tropical climate, and radiating more heat to their surroundings. **4)Is UHI effect concerning policy making in your area?** I don't know any policy in my community to reduce UHI effects. My country is going through a time of stagnation and apparently did not do this kind of research, and seeking no relevant information is found. That kind of information is rarely made available to users. Not even the INAMEH ( National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology) have that kinf of information on its web [1]: http:// [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14454021772112018.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14454022288756118.jpg [4]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14454026311398729.jpg [5]: http://