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Taxonomy Archive: land use
20 Apr 2018 |
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Adapting Urban Water Systems to Climate Change: A handbook for decision makers at the local level
This handbook on adaptation of urban water systems to climate change is an initiative of the SWITCH project and the result of collaboration between ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the International Water Association (IWA) and the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. It draws on the research and findings from the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Resilience and Urban Opportunity Initiative
Kresge’s Environment Program is launching an initiative to assist community-based nonprofits positioned to help influence local and regional climate-resilience planning, and related policy development and implementation. Support provided through the initiative focuses on improving the resilience of low-income, urban communities in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme Rainfall and Drought
Climate change poses many risks to human health. Some health impacts of climate change are already being felt in the United States. We need to safeguard our communities by protecting people’s health, wellbeing, and quality of life from climate change impacts. Many communities are already taking steps to address these public health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guidelines for Alternate Water Sources: Indoor and Outdoor Non-Potable Uses
In moving toward a safe and sustainable water future for Los Angeles County we must learn to conserve water, replenish groundwater, and safely reuse water so that there is net zero water waste. There are many ways to approach this goal. Thanks to recent changes in State law, many opportunities now exist to reuse water […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Importance of food-demand management for climate mitigation
Recent studies show that current trends in yield improvement will not be sufficient to meet projected global food demand in 2050, and suggest that a further expansion of agricultural area will be required. However, agriculture is the main driver of losses of biodiversity and a major contributor to climate change and pollution, and so ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Near-Roadway Pollution and Childhood Asthma: Implications for Developing “Win–Win” Compact Urban Development and Clean Vehicle Strategies
Background: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhouse gases., Objectives: We estimated the current burden of childhood asthma-related disease attributable to near-roadway and regional ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Livestock-Climate Change’s Forgotten Sector: Global Public Opinion on Meat and Dairy Consumption
Human consumption of meat and dairy products is a major driver of climate change. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their production are estimated to account for over 14.5 percent of the global total. This is more than the emissions produced from powering all the world’s road vehicles, trains, ships and aeroplanes ...