Discussing our fifty-degree cities on 'Blueprint for Living'

Radio National’s host Jonathan Green discusses our fifty-degree cities in today’s episode of Blueprint for Living.

Coping with our fifty-degree cities.

He introduces the episode telling listeners that the Northern Hemisphere had just had one of the hottest summers on record and in Quebec, in a little over a week, 90 people died because of the heat.

Dealing with heat is considered by some as the ‘next big inequality issue’ with only a small percentage of the global population able to access air-conditioned comfort.

So what does it feel like to slowly die in oppressive heat and how are Australian cities faring as the world continues to heat up?

Guests were an Associate Professor from the Department of Geography at the University of Hawaii Manoa, Camilo Mora, and an Associate Professor from International Planning at RMIT University, Marco Amati.