Trees and Design Action Group
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our guides
    • First Steps in Urban Tree Canopy Cover
    • First Steps in Urban Noise
    • How to Plant Larger Trees: A Guide for Community Groups
    • First Steps in Urban Water
    • Trees, Planning and Development
    • First Steps in Trees and New Developments
    • First Steps in Urban Heat
    • First Steps in Valuing Trees and Green Infrastructure
    • Tree Species Selection for Green Infrastructure
    • First Steps in Urban Air Quality
    • Trees in Hard Landscapes
    • Trees in the Townscape
    • The Canopy
    • No Trees, No Future
    • Endorse Trees in the Townscape
  • Case Studies
    • Canopy cover
    • Management and stewardship
    • Podium planting
    • Species selection and diversification
    • Tree protection and retention
    • Urban climate
  • Resources
  • Research
  • Events
  • Past Events
  • News Archive

Urban climate

There are many influences on the climate in urban areas from the impact of built form to changes in weather patterns with climate change. Both can have an impact of health and wellbeing for both people and trees. People will increasingly depend on the cooling effect of trees and trees will need to be able to tolerate both increased heat, drought and heavy rain events.

Picture
Using rainwater for tree-based cooling on Garibaldi Street
​
Lyon, France 

​In order to provide the necessary cooling through evapotranspiration, trees need to take in water and this will mean stored water during times of heat and drought.
garibaldistreetcasestudy.aw.pdf
File Size: 11097 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Proudly powered by Weebly