China and Seoul microclimate Flashcards
There is a large-scale…
industrialisation(secondary industry), which results in unregulated development.
China has a trade…
surplus, manufacture a lot and export.
Use a high amount of non-
renewable energy sources.
There is increasing consumerism as…
the country develops and urbanises.
China wants 78% of people living in…
urban areas, so they created forced migration.
China has 16 out of…
20 most polluted cities in the world.
Gentrification so more…
convection and orographic rainfall.
Combustion and development results in more…
hygroscopic nuclei, VOCs and PM
VOCs stands are…
Volatile Organic compounds, when combined with nitrous oxides, smog forms.
Urban sprawl means that urban heat islands get…
larger and more intense.
Beijing due to urban sprawl has longer…
urban heat island.
In 2014 in Beijing only…
2/5 days were deemed as healthy.
The amount of pollutants in the air is sometimes…
40x the upper limit of acceptable levels.
China media call the Beijing problem…
Airpocalypse in 2014.
People have “smog days” when…
they are told to stay at home.
Hysteria was caused by…
urban “brown clouds”, among the residents.
In Seoul, the capital of…
South Korea, removal of large downtown motorway and restoration of a river and floodplain took place.
The restoration of the river decreased the air temperature by…
3-4 degrees in summer. Before the restoration, the area was showing a temperature of 5 degrees higher compared to the rest of the city.
The reasons for the temperature drop in Seoul:
- a decrease in the number of vehicles passing
- wind speed has been faster cuz of the influence of the cool air forming along the river
