2023-07-12 10:12:51
SEARCH ENGINE – Summer heat waves are amplified by the urban heat island effect. Le Figaro deciphers this concept and offers you to locate them in your municipality.
While the hottest day has just been recorded on a global scale, the situation is also tense at the country level. The beginning of the week saw the Weather Channel * place several departments on orange alert over a large south-eastern quarter, from Côte-d’Or to Alpes-Maritimes.
«Thermal discomfort results from several phenomena, including human activity, or “anthropogenic”particularly concentrated in or near citiesnotes Éric Larrey, director of innovation at Verdi Ingénierie and specialist in regional planning. Thus, the presence of traffic routes, factories or the use of air conditioning can exacerbate the problems related to heat. A far from trivial factor according to the expert, “because the means of fight differ according to the source of the warming».
Added to this are urban specificities, in particular “the presence of structures and materials that capture, concentrate and store heat during the day and…
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