Street and Building Arrangement Affects Heat in Cities

[CorinaMarie 29,852]

The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Thanks for sharing that article! I never knew that! Perfect grids contribute more to the urban island effect than disordered cities

[CorinaMarie 29,852]

Now that they've done the study it makes sense to me. Gridded and the heat would bounce back and forth between nearby big buildings. If the layout is erratic then the breeze would have places it could flow thru.

[adsii1970 85]

49 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

Now that they've done the study it makes sense to me. Gridded and the heat would bounce back and forth between nearby big buildings. If the layout is erratic then the breeze would have places it could flow thru.

The whole reason modern cities still use the grid system is quite arbitrary. It has been proven that grid systems actually:

• Increases traffic congestion and in internal combustion engines, decreases fuel economy
• Increases air impurities within the urban centers
• reduces the amount of "green space" within urban centers
• does nothing to improve emergency services or mass transit

It is, from the research I have done, one of those hold-on traditions that worked for several reasons until the dawn of the post-World War II era. (one of the many reasons I am planning to do the urban planning thread)...