Tree-mend-us
Or Feel the heat on the street
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-06/clyde-tree-canopy-requirement-casey-council/106174988

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-14/melbourne-west-heat-island-tree-canopy-coverage-heatwave/101821110

#Canopy #ClimateChange #HeatIsland #Heatwave #Revegetation #UrbanDesign

@AmeliasBrain @HyL

Thank you for the #intel!

The decorative lampposts sound lovely, but yeah, not helpful for the problems of heat and #asphalt.

The thing is, that even in advance of #HeatDomes and serial #heatwaves neighbourhoods like mine are unwalkable in the summer from heat alone.

In the winter, the sloped sidewalk concrete that almost-seamlessly joins the asphalt roadway AND lack of routine snow clearance means that street parkers are often parked somewhat on the sidewalk itself.

This is particularly easy to do when the #snowpack on the road is higher than the sidewalk, which is most winters, even ones with relatively little snow.

This narrows the sidewalks to the point that even if cleared, they are not necessarily wide enough to use with #AssistiveDevices such as #rollators and #wheelchairs.

I really want #yegAccessible, year-round!

#yeg
#accessibility
#ClimateChange
#heat
#HeatIsland
#liveability
#survivability

@HyL

I have no doubt that #Edmonton could significantly reduce the urban #HeatIsland effect by remediating all communities presently without treed #boulevards between the concrete #sidewalks and the #asphalt streets to having such features.

I don't know if new neighbourhoods are still developed this way, but it is clear from observing where frontyard fencelines are set that there IS sufficient setback along many (all?) such neighbourhoods ro accomplish this without disturbing private property in the least.

Even prior to experiencing a #HeatDome and sustained #HeatWaves my neighbourhood was a nightmare of no-#shade heat when throughout the summers for any #pedestrian.

Sure, some homeowners plant trees but vanishingly few have a broad enough canopy to shade even the sidewalk. None cover the black asphalt.

😡

#yeg
#heat
#ExtremeHeat
#mitigation
#ClimateChange
#yyc
#abwx
#yegwx
#yycwx