Including 6 closely related terms such as floods, flood, and flooding.
… risks for its services. It has identified the most effective adaptive responses and has started incorporating these in council strategies, plans, partnerships and operations (such as planning, flood management, economic development, social care, services for children, transport etc). It has begun implementing appropriate adaptive responses in some priority areas. In its role as a community leader…
… ‰ Ensure water efficiency/harvesting wherever possible, including at heavy user sites e.g. Depot, Leisure Centres etc. ‰ Ensure drainage systems are maintained and appropriate ‰ Work with the Environment Agency to develop local flood plans. ‰ Encourage green roof installations 7.3 Water Although the UK is perceived as a rainy area, because population density is high and geographical and seasonal…
…. 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…