to help cool things down to provide shade

降低气温的植被
and also to just not absorb that heat

没有树荫
and then keep the temperature high.

一直持续高温
These urban heat islands create climate issues for the people

这些城市热岛造成的气候问题
who live there makes it less pleasant to live in in the summer,

使人们在炎热的夏日感到非常苦恼
but also makes it just generally more inhospitable.

也使这地方变得不适宜居住
One thing The Sustainable South Bronx has done

南布朗克斯可持续计划做了一件事
to try to solve this problem is to focus on rooftop gardens.

他们用屋顶花园尝试解决这个问题
In the south Bronx there,

在南布朗克斯
there are a number of rooftop gardens that have gone into place.

现在已经有很多屋顶花园
You take something that you might see on the left,

将类似左图的情况
and transform it to the kind of thing you see on the right.

改造成了右图所示