Uploaded on 2019-08-28 by Reema

Cities are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse. seattle is 17.0° hotter in the city than in nearby rural areas. average 4.1° city summers are hotter than in rural areas. 2 more days above 90° f each year, then rural areas no.10 biggest difference between urban and rural temperatures. Hot summer city temperatures have serious health impacts, including heat stress during heat waves, and dangerous ground-level ozone levels on the hottest days of the year. Higher summer temperatures also stress the electricity grid as air conditioner use soars. Mumbai being the megapolis of the country and having a lot of sky scrapers there is little room for open space. Since Mumbai city is congested and there is very less space for ground landscape and green areas, I would like to propose more spacious neighbourhood, vertical farming, rooftop gardens, green screens, drip irrigation techniques. Is UHI effect concerning policy making in your area? Answer : yes.