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[-] Skunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

And regulations for less pavement, concrete etc and more green and trees to provide shade and cooler temperatures.

You can live in extreme temperatures, provided the infrastructures are built for that (ie. Ouarzazate in Morocco).

But with the US urban planning and all for cars policy it won’t happen before it’s too late.

[-] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Trees and green in the US southwest a pipedream tbh. The only way that could possibly be achieved is by siphoning off a ridiculous amount of water from another location. Call it as it is. The US Southwest isn't built to sustain human life.

[-] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

"Pheonix is a monument to man's arrogance", as King of the Hill said.

It's one of those places I think about sometimes, wondering "do people really need to live everywhere"?

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

There has been talk of diverting water from the Mississippi river (or was it the Missouri?) and somehow transporting it across the continental divide to the southwest. Terrible idea, I might be worried if it wasn't so far outside the realm of possibility.

[-] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Aren't all of the major waterways, or at least a good portion of them, facing water level challenges as is?

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And regulations to provide for the humane resettlement of climate refugees

[-] Ni@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

There was an interesting study done on a city hear me which said that the lack of trees and general built design of the area had made the city's temp go up by between 2-5C. Which is a big difference!

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I am starting Guerrilla gardening club. You are welcome to join. No membership dues, no pledging, just starting planting

[-] ButtonMcLemming@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In my opinion, the only solution, although radical, would be to make motorists’ lives a living hell (charging for road or parking lot use, lowering speed limits to increasingly slow levels, removing on-street parking lots, prioritizing bicyles and buses, reducing bus fare prices, and converting excess parking lots to new neighborhoods) that public transport (i.e. metro and local commuter trains) and bicycle paths can be considered to reduce road traffic with the budget allocated to making new roads or maintaining currently existing ones allocated to improving the public transport system and even providing a bicycle route network that can allow us to follow in the Netherlands’ footsteps.

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