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Edition 79
Cooling Cities
Designing for Shade, Comfort & Health
A focused look at shade, vegetation, airflow, water, materials and urban form—and how intentional design can make rapidly warming cities healthier and more comfortable.
Original cover · lighter PDF availableInside GTR 79
A complete conversation, in one focused edition.
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The cooling wheel: seven urban cooling strategies
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Five intentional actions for cooler cities
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Heat, shade and urban comfort
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2040: When every street had shade
Cover story
Hot Cities Happen. Cool Cities Are Designed
Hot cities happen. Cool cities are designed.
Case studyKigali: Planning for a Cooler Future
Ideas become useful when they meet a real place, a real challenge and the people shaping what comes next.
GTR reflection
“Cooling should not begin with an air conditioner. It should begin with planning, design and the everyday infrastructure of shade.”
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