how to cool cities?

Cities no longer have a choice: they must adapt to this new climate. In Tours (Indre-et-Loire), every year, the city greens its schools. That’s six so far. Trees have been planted for shade, as well as a vegetable garden. The operation is virtuous. On the side of Angers (Maine-et-Loire), it is green, everywhere, to fight against the heat. In the plant capital, it takes 100 m² of greenery per inhabitant, which is twice the national average.

Near dwellings, depending on the vegetation cover, the temperature can drop by two to four degrees. Finished the tar, on the ground was placed a coating with light colors and permeable to the rains. Architects propose to follow these ideas. “We’re actually going to have to chop up all this asphalt, which reflects the sunlight, which captures it, which keeps it like a giant radiator”says Christine Leconte, President of the National Council of the Order of Architects.