Estrategia de Infraestructura Verde para el Distrito Independencia

Due to climate change, UHI and its negative effects will continue to be exacerbated in hot climate urban areas, such as Monterrey. A balance relationship between green and grey surfaces is crucial to maintain liveable environments within the city (Gago, Roldan et al. 2013).

The planned implementation of GI strategies, such as street trees, parks and green roofs can aid achieve temperature reduction in urban areas while delivering additional co-benefits like pollution reduction and stormwater management (Norton, Coutts et al. 2015).Research has established a strong correlation between an increase in green areas and reduction in local temperatures, indicating that urban vegetation strategies are able to mitigate UHI (Takebayashi and Moriyama 2007).

This plan will present the integration of comprehensive local-specific GI strategies into the public realm to mitigate high urban temperatures. The selection of strategies considers the relationship between urban geometry, streetscape, land uses and permeable surfaces, among other local characteristics.