In Ciudad Bauta, Ricardo Trufilo, director of the Cities Observatory and researcher at Sidious, pointed out the importance of green areas in the Republic of Macedonia to confront heat waves, in addition to calling for the implementation of climate shelters in the city.
The importance of having green areas lies in maintaining an appropriate temperature that allows people to practice various activities, including recreational spaces, in one place. The context in which 36 degrees is expected for the capital.
in Radio tariffCedeus researcher Ricardo Trufillo also pointed out the important imbalance between private green areas compared to public spaces.
The metropolitan area has a standard regarding ideal green areas, which it sets National Council for Regional Development, which ensures that every person should be 10 square meters of green space. However, one report indicates that only 5.7% of Santiago residents own those square meters.
The importance of these 10 square meters lies in maintaining the appropriate temperature It allows a person to develop different activitiesincluded Recreational spaces.
In this sense, high-income societies e.g Vitakura, Counts, Le Barnechea, As well as others who have access to parks or large urban hillssuch as Cerrillos or those that border Cerro San Cristóbal, are those that guarantee the standard for their residents.
Despite this, researcher Sidious confirms this There is a major imbalance between private green areas compared to public spaces..
“If we went to the private green areas, we would get about 60 or 70 percent of that coverage, which is provided by the private spaces.” Which ensures that these proportions are “completely incredible if you take into account, for example, that we have Cerro San Cristobal, which is one of the largest green areas in the world.”
As such added the geographer if taken into account exclusively The courtyards of the houses of San Carlos de Apoquendo, “Its surface is similar to that of the plants found in San Cristobal.”
same A situation that is repeated with general tree plantingA, Trufillo emphasized that “public tree planting does not take place in green areas nor in private areas, but in the streets, and this also represents a huge disparity.” Because if we look at Providencia, Las Condes, and Vitacura, there are trees in the streets.
To address this disparity, the Director of the Cities Observatory confirmed that: The regional government has the opportunity to fill this gapBecause municipalities have to face different problems regarding the funds granted to them.
“Poorer municipalities also have to take care of emergencies related to issues of health, education, security, etc. So, obviously, Green areas are often displacedHe confirmed.
For the same reason, and for the purpose of taking short-term measures, taking into account that temperatures are expected to rise in the metropolitan area and considering that planting trees is a long-term solution. The researcher A. pointed out: The plan is owned by the City of Buenos Aires Which consists of 64 heat shelters throughout the city.
“son 64 places mapped in the appwhere you can search for the shelter closest to your commute, to work, to the pharmacy, to the bakery, to the library (…), and you can stay as long as you want. There are open and closed places with air conditioning“He commented.
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(Tags for translation)Green areas
