The city changes under the effect of heat waves, like a large body which must adapt to its new conditions of existence. In Lyon, in the old industrial district of Gerland, the inhabitants discover new places, named “islets of freshness” by elected officials and urban planners, who have been trying to develop them for five years. “Here, I find shadow, especially in the morning. It’s pretty well done to spend a moment outside ”testifies Arlette (the witnesses cited by their first name wanted to keep anonymous), 73, seated on a wooden bench, under the foliage of a green alley for three years, between rue Crépet and rue Pré-Gaudry.
Inside his apartment, the temperature rose to 29 ° C, Tuesday August 12. After a first wave of intense heat in early July, the week is classified on a red alert to the heat wave in the Lyon region, and the retiree is not permanently confined. “It becomes difficult, it’s very appreciable to be able to get out at least part of the day”continues the retiree, which has become used to reading in this shaded space, made of shrubs of different sizes, planted in a long rectangle of earth dotted with ivy, in the center of the aisle.
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