What if shade provision became a new local public service?

Shade is becoming vital in heated cities, and access to shaded public spaces is emerging as a democratic concern. With urban economy understood as the art of sharing scarce resources so as to live together in ever-greater harmony, the sharing of shade is becoming political. The issue is significant in itself, but above all it highlights the need to reflect on how the evolving provision of urban services in the context of global warming and constrained local finances.

Our note for La Fabrique de la Cité has now been translated into French : “elle est toute fraiche” !

Link to the note in English

Link to the note in French