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Extreme Events, Trend toward growth of cities globally, Greenhouse gas…
Extreme Events
Trend toward growth of cities globally
Population Growth & Migration Patterns
Production of resources
Food
More land used for agriculture
Desertification
Cost: environmental degradation
Deforestation
Energy
Increase in water use
Competition for resources
Cost: $$
Industries including agriculture, energy, manufacturing
Rising food pries
Families
Resource depletion
Cost: economic degradation
Cost: displaement
Pollution, improper waste disposal
Cost: health
Rise of megacities
Concentrated population relying on infrastructure
Service interruptions
Cost: displacement
Cost: $$
Businesses
Utilities
Communities
Cost: health
Urban heat islands
Rising atmospheric temperatures
Wildfire occurrences
Storms and floods
Greenhouse gas
emissions
Global
warming
Climate
Change
Evapotranspiration
Drought
conditions
Wildfire
occurrence
Infrastructure damage
Cost: $$
Utilities
Communities
Vegetation destruction
Forested watershed destruction
Decrease in water supply and availability
Cost: health
Cost: displacement
Pollution and
contamination
Cost: health
Cost:
$$
Industry: agriculture, tourism and recreation
Utilities
Communities
Cost: environmental degradation
Cost: displacement
Increase in ability for atmosphere to hold moisture
Storms and floods
Infrastructure failure
Contamination
Cost: $$
Utilities
Communities
Consumers
Cost: displacement
Cost:
health
Service interruptions
Cost: displacement
Runoff and pollution
Cost: health
Cost: environmental degradation
Infrastructure damage