The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

…….Because climate change has been and will certainly continue to be variable across the globe, the economic consequences are likewise variable. Some regions are likely to experience a net benefit in many respects, while others are likely to suffer much more serious changes that pose great economic threats. Warming in some areas might lead to a gain in some sectors of the economy, while in others areas, warming might cause a significant economic loss in that same sector. Our goal in this section is to get a sense of what these costs are on a global basis, without losing sight of the fact that the story varies from region to region…..

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Mango: The King of Fruits

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Hiuen Tsang, Chinese scholar after being in India is going back. Time AD 627-643, on the fabled Silk Route. Apart from his knowledge of Buddhism, his rucksack contains an extraordinary fruit called Mango. 395 more words

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Resilience of Cities

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

 

Urban resilience has conventionally been defined as the “measurable ability of any urban system, with its inhabitants, to maintain continuity through all shocks and stresses, while positively adapting and transforming towards sustainability”.Therefore, a resilient city is one that assesses, plans, and acts to prepare for and respond to hazards – natural and human-made, sudden and slow-onset, expected and unexpected. Resilient Cities are better positioned to protect and enhance people’s lives, secure development gains, foster an investible environment, and drive positive change.

Climate Resilience is not about making development in a new way. It is about adding climate variability and change considerations to the planning and development framework to ensure long term sustainability and preparedness towards climate change

A resilience building process entails strengthening of:

  • City systems (Infrastructure, services, sectors) – drainage, water supply, transport, health facilities etc.
  • City planning (development norms, land-use planning)

How are climate-resilient cities different or better?

A resilient city is one that has developed capacities to help absorb future shocks and stresses, so as to maintain the same functions, structures, systems, and identity.

Climate-resilient cities have the capability to reduce and manage the negative impacts of climate change because these cities have planned and factored these changes in their development goals and planning by:

  • Utilizing climate information (of past and future) to identify climate stressors typical to their cities/regions.
  • Preparing and implementing strategies to reduce the vulnerability of population and city systems.
  • Adapting to change, preparing, and responding to disasters, mitigating GHG emissions.

Source(s): TERI

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Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More — DESERTIFICATION

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Egidi, G.; Zambon, I.; Tombolin, I.; Salvati, L.; Cividino, S.; Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S.; Kalantari, Z. Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4001. by Gianluca Egidi 1,Ilaria Zambon 1,Ilaria Tombolin 2,Luca Salvati 3,*,Sirio Cividino 4,Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni 5,* andZahra Kalantari 5 1Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy 2Department of Architecture […]

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