Uploaded on 2017-12-09 by vschan

Answer 1: I checked the temperature differences in the Climate Central website. Answer 2: Gandhinagar is a well planned city. Lots of tree plantation and the tall buildings separated by adequate distances minimizes the urban heat island effect. As a consequence in majority of the areas in Gandhinagar, the temperatures are similar to that of nearby rural areas. Perhaps the density of trees in Gandhinagar is higher than the surrounding rural areas. Answer 3: The wind direction of the area where a building is to be constructed needs to studied and The building blocks needs to be carefully designed , oriented and planned taking into account the wind direction so that the effects of urban heat islands are minimized. While designing buildings ventilation and circulation of air within the buildings needs to planned. As far as possible, central air-conditioning system needs to encouraged. Further use of environment construction material needs to be encouraged and use of concrete and steel needs to be minimized. Answer 4: Government is encouraging installation of solar energy systems in every building by subsidizing cost of such installations. Every year massive tree plantation drive is taken-up in urban and rural areas during monsoon season.