Los Angeles and Google partner on Tree Canopy project

Vegetation, notably tree canopy coverage, plays a key role in offering the kind of relief that Los Angeles (pic) needs: The city is the state's biggest urban heat island thanks in no small part to thousands of kilometres of roads and parking spaces. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles and Google have struck a partnership to track canopy density in the huge US metropolis to determine which neighbourhoods need more trees as a means of fighting extreme temperatures.

Vegetation, notably tree canopy coverage, plays a key role in offering the kind of relief that Los Angeles needs: The city is the state's biggest urban heat island thanks in no small part to thousands of miles of roads and parking spaces.