The Guardian - 21.08.2019

Section:GDN 1N PaGe:24 Edition Date:190821 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 20/8/2019 17:06 cYanmaGentaYellowb

• The Guardian Wednesday 21 Au g u st 2019

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Why so many people

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Boiling point

Global heating

hits poorest

areas of cities

Pam Radtke Russell

New Orleans

B

etween record heat and

rain, this summer’s

weather patterns

have indicated, once

again, that the US

climate is changing.

Cities, where more than 80% of

the nation’s population live, are

disproportionately hit by these

changes, not only because of their

huge populations but because of

their existing – often inadequate

• infrastructure.
  In urban areas, heatwaves are
  exacerbated by vehicles , industrial
  processes and the presence of heat-
  retaining concrete and asphalt. And
  it is in cities – especially in low-lying
  poorer areas – where record rainfall
  often accumulates.
  “People are coming into urban
  areas and they cannot be stopped,”
  says Chandana Mitra, an associate
  professor of geosciences at
  Auburn University, who studies
  the impact of heat on cities. Mitra

World

Climate emergency

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