Research shows some of Adelaide's most vulnerable residents are living in the city's hottest areas — but experts say there are simple solutions to reducing urban heat.
Former aged care worker Wendy Farmilo, 75, lives in Tranmere near Campbelltown in suburban Adelaide — an area overrun with urban heat islands.
"Older people do not drink enough water, they get dehydrated … they feel if they drink too much they might have a bladder problem," she said.According to a report prepared by consultancy firm Edge South Australia, nearly all of the heat islands in Ms Farmilo's council are also home to society's most vulnerable."In particular, nearly all of the heat islands in Campbelltown coincided with areas of high social vulnerability.
The SA Government's Urban Heat Mapping Viewer is a publicly available tool used to evaluate how infrastructure choices impact urban environments. "One of the big strategies we can use to tackle that is the planting of more trees … councils right around South Australia are planting more trees than ever before."Dark roofs, artificial turf and"large areas of bare ground" contribute to trapping heat in Australian suburbs, Mr Siebentritt said.Heatwaves kill far more people than other natural disasters. ABC Emergency has a checklist of things you can do to be ready.
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