Heat waves are generally more more intense difficult to tolerate/ have more serious effects in urban zones than in surrounding rural areas.
During a heat wave, urban populations are subjected to extreme rises in temperature caused by the presence of an urban microclimate.
This document examines an incomplete/ a yet-to-be-completed collection of measures to be put into practice / that apply in the event of a heat wave in Paris in order to improve the living conditions of Parisians. Some of them can be applied immediately, others more in the long term as they need to be adapted.