Uploaded on 2018-03-25 by Alex E. Felipe Rojas

MODULE 4 - Mandatory Exercise 2 1. Check the temperature differences in the cities of EE. UU: 57 cities had measurable effects of urban heat island in the last 10 years. Urban temperatures a day in some metropolitan areas were to 27 ° F higher than surrounding rural areas, and on average in all 60 cities, the maximum temperature difference a day was 17.5 ° F. The top 10 cities with urban heat islands most intense summer (urban-rural average daily temperature differences) in the last 10 years are: Las Vegas (7.3 ° F) Albuquerque (5.9 ° F) Denver (4.9 ° F) Portland (4.8 ° F) Louisville (4.8 ° F) Washington, DC (4.7 ° F) Kansas City (4.6 ° F) Columbus (4.4 ° F) Minneapolis (4.3 ° F) Seattle (4.1 ° F) 2. what are the main effects of UHI can identify in your area ?: I live in Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico. the average temperature is 18.9 ° C with a rainfall above 1000 mm annually. 3. What are the measures you propose ?: what propose an initiative to plant more trees on sidewalks, and create green parks. 4. Does the UHI effect with respect to the policy in your area.