Including the closely related terms transport infrastructure, transport infrastructure, and transport.
… and partners’ strategic planning. The impacts might include increases in flooding, temperature, drought and extreme weather events. These could create risks and opportunities such as: impacts to transport infrastructure from melting roads or buckling rails, increases in tourism, increased damage to buildings from storms, impacts on local ecosystems and biodiversity, scope to grow new crops, changing…
… and power where possible ‰ Water – processing and providing water uses huge amounts of energy, so wasting water also wastes emissions ‰ Transport – although we have limited influence on this sector, we can all do our bit to reduce our own travel emissions ‰ Green economy – we need to help the local economy recover in the cleanest, greenest way it can ‰ Open spaces – we can use our open spaces…
… Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils 2O1O-2O13 Page 1 Foreword 3 2 Vision and Objectives 4 3 Background 5 4 Strategic Context 9 5 Performance Management and Data Quality 10 6 Strategic Management 15 7 Climate Change Strategy Themes 17 7.1 Energy 17 7.2 Renewable Energy 19 7.3 Water 21 7.4 Waste 22 7.5 Transport 24 7.6 Green economy 26 7.7 Open spaces and biodiversity 27 7.8…
… and fitness levels; ‰ Social – increased summer temperatures can lead to increased summer deaths, illness (e.g. food poisoning) but milder winters may reduce excess winter deaths, a particular area of concern in Bromsgrove. ‰ Economic issues – increased severe weather events can cause disruption to the point where it affects the economy, for example the transport network is vulnerable to roads melting…
… Change Strategy & Action Plan Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils 2O1O-2O13 Figure 1 illustrates differences between the two areas, notably that Redditch has far higher industrial emissions, but much lower transport emissions. The older housing stock and potential income-based factors in Bromsgrove probably influences higher domestic emission results. What and where are our current…