Heat Resilient Design: How City Leaders Use Building Materials to Fight Urban Heat

Extreme heat is one of climate change's most urgent and rapidly growing consequences, especially in cities. Urban areas are particularly vulnerable because they trap heat in building materials and urban streets, creating dangerous conditions for residents. As temperatures continue to rise and heat waves lengthen, cities are grappling with how to remain livable in the face of this intensifying threat.

Heat Resilient Design: How City Leaders Use Building Materials to Fight Urban Heat
Rasulbagh Children’s Park by Shatotto.. Image © Asif Salman, Isabelle Antunes, City Syntax, Shatotto team Rasulbagh Children’s Park by Shatotto.. Image © Asif Salman, Isabelle Antunes, City Syntax, Shatotto team

Extreme heat is one of climate change's most urgent and rapidly growing consequences, especially in cities. Urban areas are particularly vulnerable because they trap heat in building materials and urban streets, creating dangerous conditions for residents. As temperatures continue to rise and heat waves lengthen, cities are grappling with how to remain livable in the face of this intensifying threat.

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