7- Urban Thermal Comfort

 Looking at urban thermal comfort- interesting things stood out to me.

1. Thermal comfort is subjective- though there are ways to measure it everyone experiences it differently. With many external influences on how people perceive and can endure the environment. Though there are ways to measure it almost everyone will experience it differently, 
2. Humans have an incredible endurance to temperatures and climates. In comparison to animals and plants, humans can overcome a wide variety of environments, that's what has been able to help us as a species our endurance. However in a modern age, humans have the luxury of not enduring and enjoying our selective environment, I think it's quite incredible. However, not everyone has the luxury to access those means.
3. Urban thermal environments are warmer than their rural counterparts for several factors- climate, shade, environment (buildings and plants), number of people in a space, pollution, and climate change. Nearly all those factors are something humans are contributing to and in control of.
4. With an increase in migration to the city, an estimated 68% of the human population is expected to live in urban environments by 2050. This means infrastructure needs to be adequate for those existing and for the increased capacity. Urban environments are warmer on average between 5-6 degrees. More infrastructure will need to meet the thermal needs of people, by employing techniques to help cool spaces.
5. Certain groups of people are more predisposed to thermal comfort changes, vulnerable groups such as the elderly, young children, babies and people with medical conditions are more predisposed to experiencing thermal changes negatively. 
6. Existing infrastructure isn't adequate and local governments in the UK aren't interested in investing. This may change, there are levelling up projects that may help to bring more thermal comfort through landscape design.