Can you guess what’s coming?
How cities can adapt to climate change without starting over
Local governments make infrastructure decisions all the time – rebuilding roads, expanding housing, and updating public services. A new proposal argues those everyday choices could also become some of the most effective climate actions communities have.
Instead of treating climate adaptation and emissions cuts as separate goals, the approach urges cities to link them.
By “urge” they mean force
The pitch starts with a reality check. Many cities aren’t planning for climate change as a distant possibility. They’re already responding to it.
They’re dealing with storms, flooding, heat, and shifting population patterns that force practical decisions about where people live and what infrastructure can handle.
“Local governments are already dealing with the impacts of climate change,” said Christopher Galik, a professor of public administration at NC State.
“There are more extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and flooding, which force municipalities to make decisions about how, where, and – in some cases – whether to rebuild.”
First, there aren’t more. However, because of expansion with poor planning it looks like more. Streets, sewers, etc, that are not set up for the number of buildings and cars. Instead of putting in some single family homes they build massive apartment and townhouse complexes. There is no way for the normal rain to run-off correctly, so, you get flooding. Clearcut properties, all the concrete and paving instead of ground. Tiny young trees replacing old growth. Giant factories, storehouses, and so forth, all jammed in. Limited roads. We have a big problem in the South with this where growth radiates out from the center in a circle, limiting primary and secondary roads. It’s the problem of land use. I’ve seen floods where I never saw them before because of new apartment complexes. Anyhow
The power of forced decisions
Municipal change is rarely easy, even when it’s clearly needed. Updating zoning or construction requirements can trigger fierce debates, and it often costs money up front.The paper argues that climate disruption, ironically, can create windows where change becomes more realistic because the alternative is rebuilding the same vulnerabilities again.
“Instituting new policies and regulations that govern zoning, construction requirements, and so on, can be expensive and politically challenging,” Sanchez said.
“But if communities are already having to build or rebuild in response to climate change, implementing compound resilience policies may be more feasible.”
In other words, you will comply, Comrades. Like it or not, you will comply. It all sounds so non-authoritative, but, that is what they want: total governmental control.
Nothing sending a few million people home wouldn’t cure. All climate models are influenced by population. Reduce the population makes the whole country more sustainable. Why do environmentalists have this massive blind spot? Its almost as if they dont really believe their own core beliefs.
Lol
Why are Florida insurance companies raising their rates? Why are Florida insurance companies leaving the state? Why did Florida have to go all socialist and firm its own insurance company?
The free market says that the danger of hurricanes and flooding is increasing. Local zoning codes are getting stricter?
johnnie boy should take a course in Insurance 101 and learn something.
Under the thankfully over regime of Mayor Jim Kenney in the City of Brotherly Love, Philly began a program to try to require homeowners upgrading their heating systems to all electric, despite the fact that so many of the city’s working-class rowhouse neighborhoods have gas-fired boilers pushing hot water or steam through radiators, and do not have the ductwork that heat pump forced air heating systems use.
“Free market says danger is increasing”. Luckily, the “free market” doesn’t really control the danger, the data does. And it shows no statistical increase. Average Florida housing price to build was $103 /sq.ft in 2005, it’s now averaged at $162/sq ft.
Not currently offered at my university insurance rates are based on the likelihood of something occuring. Insurance companies are raising their rates because they think those rates are increasing
Perhaps you are confused between insurance rates and premiums which also factor in the value of the property insured?
Yes the increase in value or cost to repair has gone up
But
They is desperate on the insurance rate which is based only on the frequency of the risk occuring
That is typically expressed as a fraction or percentage
Jl do you now understand the difference between the rate and the premium?
But there’s no greater risk of hurricanes than there was before. And most insurance policies in Florida don’t cover flooding.Another issue is that Florida’s legal environment caused litigation issues, with 76% of all insurance litigation occurring in Florida, which of course drives up rates.
the infrastructure of this country is falling apart from the top down…that doesn’t help any of this mess….
William appears to have added a comment to the actual article.
“By “urge” they mean force”
William also typed: “…you will comply, Comrades. Like it or not, you will comply.”
trump, who william supports wholeheartedly, is the most authoritarian president ever. Weird, huh?
Uh, so?