Feature article - Lucas Pimenta

Heat islands

        Heat islands is the thermal contrast between the more urbanized area and less urbanized or peripheral, which can be even agriculture. Changes in humidity, precipitation and wind are also associated with the presence of the urban heat island . Heat islands can occur both in cities and in rural area,only one difference, when it occurs in urban areas it takes longer to dissipate, rural area in which heat dissipation is faster.The influence of natural factors and anthropic factors help the appearance of heat islands,example with population growth, production of cars at high scale, paving the big cities and other factors not less important, those are aggravating the phenomenon called "heat islands",this phenomenon occurs in cities that are beginning to become urbanized, the more the city is being built and expanded over increase thermal sensation or "heat islands."

        Currently people worldwide who suffer in their cities with "heat islands."Are developing projects to mitigate the thermal sensation "High" and improve quality of life ,example green roof, white roof, natural parks in the center of large cities such as Belo Horizonte in the municipal park, we should all 'concerned about this phenomenon because he'll be present in any situation, as cited in the text, urban or rural area.