Tottenham Green to Tottenham Hale:
exploring the Urban Heat Island
During Great Big Green Week, the only mass moment for nature and climate in the UK, Tottenham Clouds offered a Tottenham Urban Climate Walk exploring the Urban Heat Island.
Luke Howard, most famous for his classification of clouds, was also the first to describe the development of the urban heat island (UHI) effect and suggest its causes. His daily meteorological observations taken from his home on Tottenham Green and elsewhere, were first published in 1818. The records which allowed him to detect, describe and analyse the UHI effect provide data which remains of importance to climate science today.
In developing the walk we were fortunate to have the advice and support of Dr Julie Futcher, chair of the RIBA London Climate Special Interest Group, who developed the City of London urban climate walk, and Professor Gerald Mills of University College, Dublin, who is an expert on Luke Howard and his meteorological observations published in The Climate of London.
During the walk from Tottenham Green to Tottenham Hale, we considered Luke Howard’s analysis of the major features of climate: temperature, pressure, wind, precipitation etc and the urban and natural features we encounter on the way. And introduced the concept of Sponge Cities.
For a report on the walk click here
Luke Howard, most famous for his classification of clouds, was also the first to describe the development of the urban heat island (UHI) effect and suggest its causes. His daily meteorological observations taken from his home on Tottenham Green and elsewhere, were first published in 1818. The records which allowed him to detect, describe and analyse the UHI effect provide data which remains of importance to climate science today.
In developing the walk we were fortunate to have the advice and support of Dr Julie Futcher, chair of the RIBA London Climate Special Interest Group, who developed the City of London urban climate walk, and Professor Gerald Mills of University College, Dublin, who is an expert on Luke Howard and his meteorological observations published in The Climate of London.
During the walk from Tottenham Green to Tottenham Hale, we considered Luke Howard’s analysis of the major features of climate: temperature, pressure, wind, precipitation etc and the urban and natural features we encounter on the way. And introduced the concept of Sponge Cities.
For a report on the walk click here
