[URBAN NOTE] Five links about cities: heat island, world, black migration, real estate, megaregions

[rfmcdonald]

• JSTOR Daily explains the urban heat island effect.


• CityLab suggests the potential for cities, and their leaders, to take on greater visibility on the international stage.


• This CityLab report on black migration patterns in different American cities, noting gains in the South, is fascinating.


• MacLean's shares this photo-essay looking at what sort of home a half-million dollars could buy someone in a range of Canadian cities, from Hamilton through to Vancouver.


• Richard Florida claimed at CityLab that urban megaregions, large even cross-border metropolises, are the motive force in the world economy.