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Coping With Climate Change: Green Roofs of Chicago

Coping With Climate Change: Green Roofs of Chicago

A set of eight photographs compiled into a series of slides explain how urban areas are facing challenges in keeping both their infrastructure and their residents cool as global temperatures rise. Chicago is tackling that problem with a green design makeover. This report is part of PBS's Coping with Climate Change series and could challenge students to consider engineering designs to help their own cities be greener....

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Social Sciences, Public Policy, Policy, History/Policy/Law, Mitigation of Climate Change
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 7, 2019
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed
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Website
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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Unknown
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