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Cities are overheating. How do we cool them down? (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] lengau@midwest.social 17 points 2 months ago

Trees

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 14 points 2 months ago

Remove parking minimums, replace surface parking with greenspace, encourage transit usage over driving a car. The first two are pretty low hanging fruit. OR THEY SHOULD BE.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Stop using asphalt for roads.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

I would guess more density and less surburban sprawl would help?