1. Planting more trees and vegetation: Trees can help reduce the urban heat island effect by absorbing and shading heat, while also releasing moisture into the air through transpiration.
2. Increasing green cover: Encourage the usage of green roofs, green walls, and other green spaces around the city to lower the temperature.
3. Implementing cool roofs and pavements: Using materials that reflect more solar radiation and absorb less heat can help keep surface temperatures cooler.
4. Reducing vehicular traffic: Encouraging public transportation, cycling, and walking can lower the amount of heat-trapping emissions produced by vehicles.
5. Enhancing the city’s reflective surfaces: Deploying reflective materials in the cityscape can help to reduce the amount of solar heat absorbed by the structures.
6. Enforcing building codes: Appropriate insulation, reducing glass usage, using appropriate building materials to withstand hot climatic conditions can aid in reducing heat energy throughput.
7. Promoting energy conservation: Encouraging the adoption of energy-efficient measures like green buildings, and encouraging industries to adopt energy-saving measures can also help lower the urban heat island effect.
8. Encouraging communities: Educating and involving communities to execute and implement novel ideas to fight against the heat island effect, including community gardens, roof gardens, street planter boxes and installing cooling stations.
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