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Chicago When It Sizzles
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
How to Prevent Heat Waves
World health organization estimates that between 19 98 and 20 17, a hundred and 66 thousand people died owing to heat waves. The north lorndale residents who died weren't kill by a failure of physical intra structure around them, but by a failure in the social intra structure which was much harder to see or fix. A city block with tarmac and concrete, little shade and rapid drainage of water can be several degrees hotter than one with the shade of trees or patches of vegetation that catch water and let it evaporate. Leafy neighborhoods tend to be a great deal cooler. And it will surprise nobody to hear that leafy neighborhoods also tend to be richer.
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