>Villages in Spain and elsewhere use light wall colors, roof overhangs and narrow streets/walkways to keep paths shaded and cool. Spain also had 12,963 excess

>Villages in Spain and elsewhere use light wall colors, roof overhangs and narrow streets/walkways to keep paths shaded and cool. Spain also had 12,963 excess deaths in the 2003 heatwave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave#Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave#Spain You can absolutely have a city without air conditioning. Humans have done it for thousands of years. The well-known tradeoff is that you are going to lose some elderly people during the summer.