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Massachusetts Citizens Take Their Local Temperatures

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More than 60 Massachusetts communities have mapped their hot spots. As part of that program, 80 volunteer scientists measured temperatures, humidity and air quality levels along the Mystic River Watershed, which covers 76 square miles in 21 municipalities around Boston, in a project dubbed “ Wicked Hot Mystic.” Report and act.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Reducing air temperature is the second most effective way to reduce heat loads Evidence-based climate-responsive design can make parks more thermally comfortable. A more simplified approach is reasonable for local parks systems and individual parks. Planning at the landscape scale for Sugar House Park: the cultural landscape.