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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"local climate"”.
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The governance of local climate commons
As climate change impacts accelerate, there is an urgent need to understand and enhance the governance of climate change adaptation, or existing vulnerabilities will be exacerbated, and opportunities to accrue benefits from adaptive responses may be lost. While a global phenomenon, climate change …
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Local climate change impact: societal perceptions of risk vulnerabilities and adaptation
… metropolitan area, there is a need to look at climate change and try to limit and modify various practices in order to further understand and mitigate climate change issues. To comprehend climate change issues, it is necessary to identify the overall problem. For the purpose of this research, …
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Linking mitigation and adaptation in local climate change planning : the opportunity facing Somerville, Massachusetts
As climate change impacts are beginning to be felt and scientists project unavoidable levels of future change-cities are beginning to adapt. Simultaneously, they are expanding their commitment to mitigate carbon emissions, knowing that unless emissions are reduced significantly it may not be …
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Leveraging the US Army Corps of Engineers Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Pilot Program to Promote Equitable Outcomes from Local Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Projects
As the negative impacts of a rapidly changing climate continue to exacerbate structural inequities across all sectors and scales, U.S. communities and citizens are increasingly at risk of physical, economic, and environmental harms. Directed federal investment in climate mitigation can reduce …
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Hydrologic regimes in a changing climate : characteristics and responses of wetland and off-channel habitat along the Telkwa River and the implications for juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
… Current and historic parameters, including: local climate; glacier mass; discharge; water temperature; and the characteristics of adjacent wetland and off-channel habitats (WOHs) utilized by O. kisutch were examined. It was found that long-term changes to local climate are having an impact on …
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Climate responsive housing for Miami Beach
The objective of my thesis is to study climate-responsive elements for housing. The word elements refers to the components of the building envelope. The term climate-responsive describes any building that reacts to local climate and also respects the physical environment. The hope is to arrive and …
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Deep Learning Emulators for Accessible Climate Projections
Climate change has shifted from a purely scientific topic to a deeply politicized issue. To combat climate change we need to create mutual understanding on the links between policies, global warming, and city-scale impacts. Climate models have been incredibly helpful in generating this causal …
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Sustaining tradition : design for a contemporary Thai house in northern Bangkok
… ensuing guidelines, which are responsive to the local climate, technology and culture, is presented as an alternative to current construction practice.
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Collaborative Modeling to Assess Climate Adaptation and Science Information Needs in Snow-fed River Systems
Snow-fed river systems are acutely sensitive to climate change, providing unique case studies to advance an emergent field of socio-hydrology. Climate change alters seasonal snowpack dynamics with warmer temperatures bringing precipitation as rain versus snow, increasing winter flood events, …
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Regolith Erosion at Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park
… by melting ice due to: age, vegetation cover, local climate, and human/animal activity. Using repeat photography in conjunction with lab work I was able to determine that the Grinnell Glacier moraine’s crest is lowering at a much faster pace than previously published rates. Conservation policy …
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Role-play simulations : a tool for transformative civic education and engagement around science-intensive environmental issues
… do so by studying the results of the New England Climate Adaptation Project (NECAP). NECAP was a two-year participatory action research project aimed at building the capacity of coastal New England communities to adapt to climate change while also testing the effectiveness of role-play simulations …
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Application of a K-Nearest Neighbour weather generator for simulation of historical and future climate variables in the Upper Thames River basin
Climate change has the potential to significantly alter the hydrologic cycle, changing the frequency and intensity of precipitation events in an area. It is necessary to quantify these effects to effectively manage water resources in the future. Atmosphere-Ocean coupled Global Circulation Models …
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Evaluation of building energy conservation options
… conservation options for new buildings in the local climate areas using Energy-10. Three types of savings have been evaluated: energy savings, operating cost savings, and LCC savings. To carry out this study, a parametric analysis of LCC savings has been evaluated relative to individual …
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Climate Adaptation and Local Narratives: Using qualitative inquiry to inform adaptive management on the North Shore of Lake Superior Minnesota, USA
Adaptive approaches to local climate change impacts primarily focus on finding the best fit between the scale of ecological systems and the scale of existing management systems. This paper argues that a third scale, the scale at which the community perceives the problem of climate change, is …
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Study of the domestic open spaces in low-rise dwelling units in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
… cultural need for privacy and the demands of the local climate. The aim of this study is to describe the need for privacy as a determining cultural aspect, and climatic comfort in the contemporary domestic open space within the existing cultural and environmental context. The study analyzes the …
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Interannual thermal-regime variability of two lakes in British Columbia, Canada : implications for climate change
… lake. The changes are compared to local climate conditions as well as inter-annual variability associated with the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Observations include that higher air temperatures in El Nino years are associated with higher surface water temperature, as well as …
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Thermodynamic analysis of airport snow melting systems and feasibility assessment of low-emission alternatives
… at two Canadian airports using historical climate data quantified seasonal environmental and economic impacts of these airports' snow mitigation operations. Findings revealed that stand-alone electrification is currently impractical due to extreme power and capital requirements. However, …
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Rhizobia diversity and their effect on the distribution of indigenous legumes in the Cape Floristic Region
… of edaphic and topographical variations, local climate gradients and frequent fires is undoubtedly important in promoting species diversity in the region. The family Fabaceae is the second largest family to Asteraceae in the CFR. It is currently comprised of about 760 species, in 37 genera …
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Local action for the global environment : municipal government participation in a voluntary climate protection program
The Cities for Climate ProtectionTM (CCP) campaign is a voluntary environmental program for municipalities, which is increasingly being applied around the world by local governments taking action on climate change. This thesis investigates the reasons for adoption, barriers and drivers of …
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