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Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today

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Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today

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City Life@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

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As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.

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Not a thing for whole city cooling, but awnings are a great option for individual home cooling in places where AC is not the norm but it is getting hotter.
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Cool article

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