• Metropolis meltdown: the urgent steps we need to take to cool our sweltering cities

    Metropolis meltdown: the urgent steps we need to take to cool our sweltering cities
    All over the world, temperatures in urban areas are rocketing. What can we do? Axe air-con, whitewash roofs, unleash buried rivers – and try to be a bit more like NorwichWith temperatures set to hit 37C (98.6F) in the UK next week, and heatwaves only likely to become more frequent, it might be useful to see how other sun-scorched regions have adapted their cities to cope.On a trip to Dubai a few years ago, I was shown a new outdoor shopping street that had apparently been carefully tuned t

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