From rooftops to alleyways, Chicago fights extreme urban heat with greener ideas

From rooftops to alleyways, Chicago fights extreme urban heat with greener ideas / by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions.

One of Chicago's most beautiful and hidden gardens is located on top of City Hall, part of an effort to create 'green' roofs in order fight rising temperatures. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the actions the city of Chicago is taking to mitigate climate change in an urban landscape.

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Corporate Author:	MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Producer)
Other Authors:	Sreenivasan, Hari (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	Arlington, VA : MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, 2012.
Series:	Coping with climate change ; season 1, episode 11 Environmental studies in video
Subjects:	Cities and towns. Climate change mitigation. Gardens > Illinois > Chicago. cities. Cities and towns Climate change mitigation Gardens Illinois > Chicago documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Click for online access

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