„Kein Allheilmittel gegen den Klimawandel“ – Forschungsprojekt am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie untersucht die Wirkungen städtischer Grünflächen. - Campus-Report am 08.02.2022

More than half of all people already live in cities. The UN estimates that their number will increase to almost 70% by 2050. At the same time, cities are extremely exposed to the consequences of climate change. Between the buildings, the thermometer climbs to the limit of tolerability in summer. And when it pours like cats and dogs, the concreted cityscapes fill up like bathtubs. In order to protect life in the metropolis against the consequences of climate change, urban planning relies primarily on greening roofs and expanding parks. A research project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has examined the effects of urban green and demonstrated that they can have very different effects depending on the climate zone.