Thursday, August 18, 2005
Urban sprawl saves Dublin from heat
Most European cities are getting warmer. Though this is blamed on global warming, the truth is that it is due to the urban heat island effect -- i.e., the lack of cooling greenery in ciites compared with the countryside.
One city that has suffered from this less than most is Dublin. Why? Because Dublin is more sprawling that most European cities. That sprawl has increased the share of urban land greenery and kept the city cool.
Will urban sprawl prevent global warming (if there is global warming)? No. But it will keep your city cooler.
One city that has suffered from this less than most is Dublin. Why? Because Dublin is more sprawling that most European cities. That sprawl has increased the share of urban land greenery and kept the city cool.
Will urban sprawl prevent global warming (if there is global warming)? No. But it will keep your city cooler.
Comments:
This has to be the most lame post I've ever read on this site. The motor car is causing climate change and not the city itself. If London had no motorcars or asphalt, the temperature would be the same as Dublin but that will never be the case unless we get rid of cars!
Don't worry. In another fifty years, there population of Dublin will double with hundreds of thousands of heat creating cars on their streets thus changing their cool climate into a sweltering oven!
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Don't worry. In another fifty years, there population of Dublin will double with hundreds of thousands of heat creating cars on their streets thus changing their cool climate into a sweltering oven!
