{"id":520420,"date":"2026-06-27T00:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520420\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:49:22","slug":"caution-urged-over-public-space-use-as-london-pavements-hit-57c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520420\/","title":{"rendered":"Caution urged over public space use as London pavements hit 57C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anna Mavrogianni, professor of sustainable, healthy and equitable built environment at the University College London (UCL), said the images &#8220;help us think about heat risks differently&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking to the BBC, Mavrogianni warned of the dangers of being around such hot surfaces and said it was &#8220;important to assess the levels of heat exposure in playgrounds and other public spaces before spending time there with children or pets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The professor added the images highlighted the importance of &#8220;embedding climate resilience in urban design&#8221;, essentially heat-proofing London for the future in the way it is built.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Overheating is a public health and social justice issue,&#8221; Mavrogianni added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;A lot of solutions already exist: incorporating greenery and water features, using innovative reflective materials and providing shading are key priorities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;These need to be applied in an inclusive manner to ensure they are appropriate for the most heat vulnerable groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is encouraging that there are now significant efforts to improve heat resilience across London, and public awareness around heat risks is increasing,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anna Mavrogianni, professor of sustainable, healthy and equitable built environment at the University College London (UCL), said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-520420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}