Green spaces offer solution to heat in urban areas

A roof garden at Morningside Office Suites along Ngong Road, Nairobi. Green spaces in cities mitigate the effects of pollution. [iStockphoto]

This week, I visited Limuru on the outskirts of Nairobi, where a massive project has a proper mix of houses, roads, other infrastructure and social amenities.

In the project spanning over 2,000 acres, are enough green spaces and safe areas for jogging and other recreational activities. They call it a mixed-use facility, but what impressed me was how different developers have worked together to plan the massive land to provide space for a lot of services and facilities, without forgetting vegetation.