Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
Explain the nature of urban climates and their impact on global environmental change.
An urban climate is the local climate a city creates by replacing soil and vegetation with concrete, asphalt and buildings, and by adding waste heat and pollutants. It is warmer, drier, less windy, hazier and, downwind, often wetter than the surrounding countryside.
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- Nature of Urban Climates
- The urban heat island (UHI) — the defining feature
- Causes — changes in the surface energy balance
- Other elements of the urban climate
- Impact on Global Environmental Change
- Through emissions — the main global pathway
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