Temperatures in cities are higher than surrounding areas. This is known as the urban heat island effect (UHI). UHI poses a threat to the environment, human health, and biodiversity. We looked at strategies to reduce the UHI effect for the city of Boston by looking at data from previous studies, conducting interviews, and performing cost analyses. These address economic, environmental, social and political aspects to find the optimal solution.

Creator

• Godzinski, Cole
• Nguyen, Liana
• Wilson, Tyler
• Sher, Alana

Contributors

• Pfeifer, Geoffrey
• Bakermans, Marja

Subject

• Biosphere, Atmosphere, and Human Fears

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1414

Award

• Poster Presentation, Judge's Winner

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-03-01