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Vegetation and Heat-Island Trends in Metro Atlanta Area
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| Vegetation and tree cover, shown in green, decline as build-up urban areas, in black, grow. Red and yellow areas area mixture of the two. Return to Kimmerere Info |
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| The growing urban heat island corresponds to the changing land cover. The hottest areas appear in red and expand from downtown Atlanta and Hartsfield International Airport. |
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Built surfaces have rapidly replaced Atlanta's natural landscape. Vegetation and tree cover, mapped by the satellite images above have declined by about 65 percent and are expected to decline another 5 percent,by the year 2000 unless action is taken to reverse the trend. The map on the right is a projection of the area with a 20 percent increase in tree canopy from 1993 levels.
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