Urban Heat Island is essentially the fact that cities, or more populated urban areas, have a higher pavement to plant life ratio than sparsely populated areas.
If you’ve ever visited Baltimore City during the summer, you know that it can get stiflingly hot, and it may seem as though it is much hotter than it is in the suburbs. That’s not just your imagination; it’s called an Urban Heat Island, or UHI. When the effect is taking place, more populated areas are going to be much warmer, which can lead to adverse effects. Heat stroke, infrastructure damage…we’re at risk when UHI is happening. Read on to learn more about UHI, and how we can prevent it.
