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Coolers and good design! Coolers are amazing in dry heat conditions. Cities used to color exterior walls, have high ceilings, make clay walls, not have asphalt
by shreyshnaccount 4y ago
Coolers and good design! Coolers are amazing in dry heat conditions. Cities used to color exterior walls, have high ceilings, make clay walls, not have asphalt all around, have trees and live near water.
- srvmshr 4y agoCoolers don't work in high humidity. Tokyo is uncomfortably humid in summer months. As for the other suggestions, it is impossible to bring this at a scale of a city like Tokyo. Asphalt is a basic commodity of durable construction. So is cement. Plenty of trees and public pools/fountains/water bodies in and around Tokyo.
- shreyshnaccount 4y agoI'm just giving specific examples I'm aware of, not solutions, but I'm convinced there's scope in designing better temp control in cities