With holistic and systems thinking, stakeholder collaboration and solutions targeted at vulnerable populations, city planners and policymakers can achieve equitable and sustainable urban cooling. Supported by policy and financing mechanisms, the ‘playbook’ for urban cooling is expanding with highly effective and impactful solutions that can be used by city planners and policymakers. Data-driven heat risk or heat vulnerability geospatial mapping is a valuable tool for planning heat mitigation and adaptation interventions. Cooling and heat action governanceA final example of strategies and actions in an Urban Cooling Playbook is the need for clear governance, ownership and accountability for heat action. The implementation of an Urban Cooling Playbook will vary from city to city, but with comprehensive planning and collaboration, the expanding Playbook of solutions is making it possible to create more resilient and livable urban environments through equitable and sustainable urban cooling.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 06, 2024 06:47 UTC