Including 4 closely related terms such as floods, flooding, and flood.
…. Worcestershire Partnership’s (2006) study illustrates a changing climate in the County; Worcestershire’s annual temperature has risen by 0.6°C since the 1900s, coupled with an increased intensity of rainfall events. This is predicted to continue, and will also include increased frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and floods. The effects of this can be devastating, e.g. the 2007 floods cost…
… Worcestershire over £150 million, and affected both households and businesses. Although a single such event cannot be singly attributed to climate change, the increased frequency of flooding, (both fluvial and pluvial events) is clearly being seen within the County. 6 Climate Change Strategy & Action Plan Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils 2O1O-2O13 The extent of the seriousness…
…, rail tracks buckling, drainage issues leading to flooding etc. ‰ Peak Oil - when non-renewable oil extraction peaks and goes into terminal decline, prices will increase; although due to global population increases, demand will likely be sustained or be increasing. A number of scientists predict we are very close to peak oil, if not already at the tipping point, and although this will have a massive…
… 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…
… use planning documents, service delivery plans, flood and coastal resilience plans, emergency planning, community risk registers/strategies etc ). It has communicated these potential vulnerabilities and opportunities to department/service heads and other local partners and has set out the next steps in addressing them. Examples of evidence: ‰ the authority and partners have made a public…