Water Smart Cities Increase Irrigation to Provide Cool Refuge in a Climate Crisis
| Autor: | Pui Kwan Cheung, Valentina Marchionni, Stephen J. Livesley, Diane E. Pataki, Edoardo Daly |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Irrigation
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences cooling Stormwater 0207 environmental engineering Sewage 02 engineering and technology adaptation drought 01 natural sciences misting Rainwater harvesting Ecosystem services 11. Sustainability Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) urban water GE1-350 020701 environmental engineering QH540-549.5 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Ecology business.industry Vegetation 6. Clean water Water resources Environmental sciences animal conservation Habitat 13. Climate action business Water resource management |
| Zdroj: | Earth's Future, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2328-4277 |
| Popis: | Water smart cities are increasing their use of irrigation and misting to cope with extreme heat and drought. This is being enabled by widespread use of rainwater tanks, stormwater capture and storage systems, and recycled sewage wastewater to irrigate street trees as well as private and public green spaces. These alternative water resources provide new options for cities to better withstand and function under extreme summer heatwave conditions with little or no impact on drinking water supplies. Small‐scale approaches to evaporatively cool urban animals, vegetation habitat, and people are showing initial success. However, ongoing testing and modeling are needed to understand the impacts of scaling up these interventions and to evaluate their cost‐effectiveness. We describe current innovations in irrigation of Australian cities to help policy development in other countries and cities experiencing similar climates with episodic summer heatwaves. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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