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Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study
(www.theguardian.com)
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There are a lot of places in cities, even cities with a fair amount of trees like Chicago, where there could easily be far more trees. It would just mean taking up more sidewalk space, cleaning up leaves in the fall, petals in the spring, etc. Businesses start complaining about it.
And sometimes it could be trees but they think other things are prettier.
Here's a bit of the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Could those flowers be replaced with trees? I don't see why not.
The problem with planting trees in boulevards or in parking lot islands is that they cement and asphalt don't allow a lot of water to filter through to the roots. They might be fine for a little while, you might be able to nurse them along if you find a way to water them. But ultimately, they will all die off earlier than they should.
There have to be tree species that will do all right with less water. They might be invasive though, so that would be a different problem.
Bradford pears were used a lot in my area, but were ultimately invasive. I think putting more native shrubs or bushes might help some since their drip like can be kept smaller than a tree's.
It's a problem I have to deal with regularly at work. So many parking lots had low canopy trees that just all died off at about the same time due to being in parking islands.