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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Robert G. Watts
March 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
18h 5m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Engineering Response to Climate Change, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
401Adapting to Climate Change
by Hayhoeetal. (2008, 2010a) suggest that such an unusual event could
become commonplace by the end of the century (see low- and high-
emission scenarios in Figure 11.2). While Chicago already has a sophisti-
cated emergency response planning and coordination system in place, the
city found it needed to be better prepared for the likelihood of an increas-
ing number of heat waves.
Several different approaches have been put into place. The rst is to be
better prepared for heat waves by neighborhood checks, increasing the
number of “cooling centers” where people can stay during heat waves, get-
ting more air conditioners ...
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