The Effect of Urban Street Planting on Improving the Climate of Baghdad city

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the effect of tree planting on the reduction of thermal loadof solar radiation falling on the area of Baghdad city and its contribution to weathertreatments; since the temperature of green mass of trees is less than the human body andhigher than air temperature in winter, so one expects condense tree plantation and foliage mayparticipate in reducing air temperature in summer and could make the climate of the city toapproach near the human temperature comfort limits .The impetus to encourage the authors toundertake the research is the positive results and indications derived from earlier authors'research work and that done by other researchers. Recent advances of modern scientific andtechnological in the field of electronic instrumentation measurements and sophisticatedthermal imaging devices, which are expected to help in measurement and obtain temperaturepattern of every point on the trees or at any point on block trees, besides measuring thethermal effect of shading on human body of people using the road (the camera has anaccuracy of (0.1 oC).