Bottrop municipality initiates heat initiative
The City of Bottrop has launched a new initiative aimed at promoting heat competence and resilience against the consequences of climate change. This city-wide heat campaign invites citizens to actively participate and add further cool places to the "map of cool places", a collaborative project between the city administration and the population.
The "map of cool places" lists publicly accessible locations in the city where cooling can be found. These spots include public parks with shade and water features, community pools or fountains, public buildings with air-conditioned cooling centres, libraries or cultural centres providing relief from heat, urban green spaces and tree-lined promenades.
To access the "map of cool places", residents can visit the heat portal. The portal offers numerous tips, instructions, and recommendations for heat protection, including advice on proper hydration, behaviour in the apartment, and staying outdoors.
Large billboards, notices on advertising pillars, and digital information totems are part of the campaign, which is a central element of the city's efforts to address the effects of climate change. The initiative aims to contribute to greater resilience against the effects of climate change and to help the population become more resilient to heatwaves.
The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of the health risks associated with high temperatures and to promote coping with heatwaves. The city administration is working to promote heat competence and is collaborating with the population to cope with heatwaves more effectively.
For precise locations of these cool places in Bottrop, residents are encouraged to check the official City of Bottrop website or its dedicated heat portal. By working together, the city and its residents hope to create a more resilient and heat-ready Bottrop.
- The collaboration between the City of Bottrop and its residents extends to the sphere of environmental science, as they collectively maintain the "map of cool places" that includes spaces like parks, community pools, urban green spaces, and libraries – all essential for health-and-wellness, fitness-and-exercise, and providing relief during heatwaves.
- In addition to the map, the heat portal established by the city offers valuable guidance on crucial topics such as nutrition, proper hydration, and heat protection behaviors – essential components of health-and-wellness and climate-change adaptation.
- As part of the city's comprehensive approach to confronting climate change and its consequences, including heatwaves, large billboards, notices, and digital information totems are being used to raise awareness of the importance of cool places and overall heat competence – a critical step in promoting the resilience and health of the city's population and the broader environment.
