Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today
- Written by Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
Trees are one way to cool down a city. Architects in ancient Rome also designed buildings with porticos for shade and air flow. Laszlo Szirtesi/Getty ImagesAs intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never...
