Affect of Urbanization on Climate

Affect of Urbanization on Climate Throughout history man has always tried to find ways to make facilitate survival. Be that of inventing weapons or inventing the internal combustion engine, man has learned to adapt to the environment and use its resources in order to reduce the arduous task of surviving. Yet with all these inventions the one thing man has not learned to control is nature itself. Although one may try to manipulate it, it is in fact nature who is manipulating mankind. For it is shown that nature can strike at any minute causing thousands of deaths and leaving no place unscathed by its presence. Man’s task has always been of adapting to the environment, to find ways in order to use the resources nature produces to make protection from its harsh climates. Throughout the world the building designs of man are different. In the dry climates of Africa one may see the mud huts designed to keep temperatures moderate in the inside while providing a stable structure capable of bearing the heat of the dry savanna, while in the cold northern lands igloos are built in order to keep out the cold and provide a haven for the people living within them. Buildings are specifically built to a land’s specifications. No one building in the world could sustain life in all the parts of the world for it is the resources and the weather that dictate how a building should be built. Buildings provide shelter for man, they are formed in order to provide moderate climate conditions and safety for the people living within them, yet with all the protection they provide against the weather they are ultimately making the surrounding climate even more severe for man. The human body is meant to adapt to any kind of climate change. The body has a mechanism that controls the way one behaves in a certain condition. During hot days one may feel exhausted and weak and thus there movements become sluggish and reduced to a meager standstill. This is the way the body prevents itself from

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