Mongabay News: Why are temperatures within a city’s neighbourhoods different? A Cartographic Illustration by Alisha Vasudev

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Mongabay News: Why are temperatures within a city’s neighbourhoods different? A Cartographic Illustration

alisha vasudev

Jul 8, 2022

Location: India

Summary

Many factors ranging from urban planning to materials used in construction, as well as loss of blue and green cover, are responsible for Urban Heat Island effect that causes variance in temperatures within neighbourhoods in a city.
By recording temperatures of different neighbourhoods in New Delhi and Mumbai, on a normal summer day, the article illustrates temperature variance within cities.
Built environment experts highlight the impact of urban development on formation of Urban Heat Islands, social inequalities of the impact and effective development strategies for the future of Indian cities.

The summer of 2022 has been particularly harsh all over India, with unrelenting heat spells signalling evolving climatic systems. With March being declared as the hottest in the India Meteorological Department’s 122-year recorded history and April being the third hottest since 1901, the news about the heatwave has captured wide attention. The increase in heat, […]

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