Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire Barnett Jonathan
Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire Barnett Jonathan The climate, which had been relatively stable for centuries, is well into a new and…
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Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire Barnett Jonathan
The climate, which had been relatively stable for centuries, is well into a new and dangerous phase. Each disaster cost more than a billion dollars to repair. In 2020 there were 22 weather and climate disasters in the United States, which resulted in 262 deaths.
Reducing the causes of the changing climate is the urgent global priority, but the country will be living with worsening climate disasters at least until midcentury because of greenhouse emissions already in the atmosphere. This dangerous trend is continuing with unprecedented heat waves, extended drought, extraordinary wildfire seasons, torrential downpours, and increased coastal and river flooding. How to deal with the changing climate is an urgent national security problem affecting almost everyone.In Managing the Climate Crisis, design and planning experts Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw take a practical