1. Hot houses: Cairo’s climate
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Ghodbane, Dalila
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demography ,Egyptian provinces ,RGC ,Geography ,POL000000 ,Political Science ,geohistory ,Egypt ,geopolitics ,JP ,Greater Cairo ,SOC015000 - Abstract
19%1060.33 m223.4 ºCPercentage of urban households with an air-conditioning unit in 2015Deaths in August 2015 (high of 47° C)Area of green space per inhabitant in 2009 (WHO recommended minimum 9 m2)Average annual temperatureSources: CAPMAS, 2016; Amer Hegazy, Attia, 2009; Meteoblue; Al-Arabiya While an atlas would ordinarily correlate the climate of a town with its topography, urban growth and contemporary lifestyles complicate the meteorological picture of Cairo. The density and sprawl have ...
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- 2023