A NEW fine art gallery has now opened in Redditch - selling works from both local and international artists. It s called art is ar t the gallery and located in an external unit at the Kingfisher Shopping Centre. The new art gallery will offer a range of original artworks and limited edition prints. Owner Dermot O Connor, from Stourport, says art buyers previously had to travel to Birmingham, Solihull, Stratford or Merry Hill in Dudley to find this kind of gallery experience. The gallery was initially supposed to open in November last year, but plans were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Increasing population in the Northern Rivers is leading to an increase in housing, traffic, and roads, all of which increase the number of hard, non-porous surfaces. These harder surfaces absorb heat and increase the temperature in towns and urban areas, as well as increase flooding.
It is easy to feel the heat impacts with a trip to a large shopping-centre precinct. On a hot day you can feel the heat pulsating off the buildings, roads, and car parks.
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Urban tree canopies and green spaces have become unwitting casualties of current environmental planning and engineering standards, says leading urban planning and design practice Hatch RobertsDay.
Despite the focus on sustainable development, the green cover has declined in 69 per cent of Australia’s urban areas, precipitating a rise in temperature
.[1] According to Hatch RobertsDay, developers and planners must prioritise urban tree canopy in their projects to increase the liveability of Australian cities and reduce the urban heat island effect.
Hatch RobertsDay WA urban designer Peter Ciemitis and WA planner Dan Pearce had recently presented on the topic at the WA Local Government Association’s ‘Trees in a Liveable City: An Urban Forest Conference’.
5 ways to reduce the urban heat island effect
By Cameron Micallef
17 December 2020
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A reduction in tree foliage on newly developed suburbs is contributing to a rising urban heat island in Australia, which is leading to more extreme weather conditions, an urban planner has revealed.
The removal of trees – along with the energy generated in everyday life, including driving to work – creates a natural urban heat island or UHI, where metropolitan areas become warmer than the rural area surrounding it.
Urban areas become significantly warmer than surrounding areas when there is less green cover and more hard surfaces, which absorb, store and radiate heat.