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Today’s lesson: Define urban micro-climate and urban heat island.

Today’s lesson: Define urban micro-climate and urban heat island. Describe the differences between urban and rural climatic environments. Identify the causes of UHI’s and locate their characteristics within Hong Kong. What are micro-climates?.

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Today’s lesson: Define urban micro-climate and urban heat island.

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  1. Today’s lesson: Define urban micro-climate and urban heat island. Describe the differences between urban and rural climatic environments. Identify the causes of UHI’s and locate their characteristics within Hong Kong.

  2. What are micro-climates?

  3. Predict the differences between urban micro-climates and rural environments: • Insolation (incoming solar radiation) / light • Temperature • Wind • Humidity • Precipitation • Cloudiness / Fog NOW USE THE GEO-FACTSHEET TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES

  4. Why do these differences occur?

  5. Define urban heat island:

  6. Predict the temperature data for this urban transect…

  7. Read the 2 articles on the Hong Kong heat-island effect… • Which areas of HK are warmest? • What figures can you use to support this claim? • What are the reasons for this? Are they because of structures or human activity?

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