{"id":5062,"date":"2024-10-16T20:33:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.temp.irap-dev.org\/tackling-urban-heat-alongside-star-ratings-blacktowns-roadside-tree-shading-project\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T20:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T09:33:15","slug":"tackling-urban-heat-alongside-star-ratings-blacktowns-roadside-tree-shading-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/tackling-urban-heat-alongside-star-ratings-blacktowns-roadside-tree-shading-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Stedelijke hitte aanpakken met sterrenbeoordelingen: Blacktown's project voor schaduw van bomen langs de weg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Met een innovatieve aanpak om stedelijke hitte te bestrijden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au\/Home\">Blacktown City Council<\/a> in Australi\u00eb heeft gebruikgemaakt van <a href=\"https:\/\/irap.org\/nl\/project\/ai-rap\/\">AiRAP<\/a> kunstmatige intelligentie om strategisch het maximale aantal locaties voor nieuwe schaduwgevende boombeplantingen langs de weg te identificeren zonder de verkeersveiligheid nadelig te be\u00efnvloeden.<\/p>\n<p>Terwijl de veiligheidsterren van het wegennet behouden blijven, beoogt dit proactieve initiatief de CO2-uitstoot te verminderen en de gezondheid van de inwoners te verbeteren, waarbij een reeks nijpende uitdagingen wordt aangepakt waarmee de gemeente wordt geconfronteerd, waaronder een verontrustend hoog aantal diabetesgevallen \u2013 momenteel dubbel het nationale gemiddelde.<\/p>\n<p>Stedelijke hitte vormt een groot probleem in Blacktown, waar de bevolking te kampen heeft met hittegolven die tot de ernstigste in de regio Sydney behoren. 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