336 0 obj <> endobj x�b```b``�a`e`�e`@ ��)��f�R~��"ە����LC�̈́Ӎ�k���L��{�EA�YC���zT���gA�"˧�*O��RM*F����i�r��!̦�P���;� 0000013729 00000 n In Sydney, the temperature reached a comparatively meagre 44 degrees.The Signal is a new daily podcast from ABC News designed to cut through the noise of the news cycle.It's a pretty standard story — the further you are from the ocean, the higher the temperature.Rising global temperatures are one thing, but what if the actual design of your city is causing the thermometer to spike?And while anyone close to the ocean can easily flock to the beaches on those hot sweaty days, people living out west have to find other ways to stay cool — which can often be expensive.Western Sydney councils are banding together to tackle the growing heat problem, but it's not as straightforward as you'd think.The Western Sydney Organisation of Councils (WSROC) represents eight councils trying to tackle climate change and the urban heat problem.Heatwaves kill far more people than other natural disasters. 0000001811 00000 n 0000022085 00000 n A study by the University of Western Australia and RMIT found areas in Sydney’s west have a significantly stronger urban heat island effect than in more affluent eastern areas of the city. "So we've done a lot of research into roofs being a really simple way, the colour of roofs being a really simple way of reducing the energy load on your building. The urban heat island effect occurs because of the capacity (thermal mass) of th ese darker surfaces to absorb the sun’s energy, converting up to 80 per cent of sunlight into heat that is stored and then released, raising local temperatures. "We have the issue right here and right now that we have to deal with," Mr Bali said.He said people generally did not want trees either in their front yards or around their house. The UHI phenomenon exposes the urban population to longer and more intense periods of heat stress, particularly during heatwave events, and increases urban energy demands for cooling. 0000000933 00000 n The Urban Heat Island Effect is localised warming due to the increase in the large amounts of paved and dark coloured surfaces like roads, roofs and car parks as a result of urban development. 0000004004 00000 n 0000002839 00000 n "And when it heats up people stop going outside, they stop exercising and they stop buying things, which is bad for the economy.Major infrastructure can deteriorate, and worst of all, people can get sick and die.More people have died from heat waves in the past 100 years than every other natural disaster combined.So Parramatta Council has a few different projects underway aimed at dealing with heat.One of them is pretty simple. Rising heat is a major concern for public health.
"Even that plan would take time, with a tree taking about 20 years to have any significant effect on an area. Urban heat island effect is a scientific term that describes the tendency of cities to be much hotter than surrounding rural areas. In western Sydney, where the sea breeze stops around Strathfield, development is rapidly increasing and lost tree cover is not always replanted. Lodged in the branches of different tree species are 20 temperature sensors — tiny little pieces of plastic stuck to tree limbs hidden from view.It's called Smart City project and is being run in cooperation with Parramatta parks and reserves workers.
0000004309 00000 n "You don't have to have to have an argument about global climate change or anything," Mr Bali said.
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