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1、2014理工A完形填空第十一篇 ClimateChangePosesMajorRisksforUnpreparedCities Anewexaminationofurbanpolicieshasbeen 1 recentlybyPatriciaRomeroLankao.Sheisasociologistspecializinginclimatechangeand 2 development.Shewarnsthat manyoftheworld’sfast-growingurbanareas,especiallyindevelopingcountries
2、.willlikelysuffer fromtheimpactsofchangingclimate.Herworkalsoconcludesthatmostcitiesarefailingto 3 emissionsofcarbondioxideandothergreenhouse 4 .These gasesareknown toaffecttheatmosphere.”Climatechangeisadeeplylocalissueandposesprofoundthreatstothegrowingcitiesoftheworld,”saysRomeroLa
3、nkao.”Buttoofewcitiesaredevelopingeffectivestrategiesto 5 theirresidents." Citiesare 6 sourcesofgreenhousegases.Andurbanpopulationsarelikelytobeamongthosemostseverelyaffectedbyfutureclimatechange.Lankao’sfindings highlightwaysinwhichcity-residentsareparticularlyvulnerable,andsug
4、gestpolicyinterventionsthatcouldofferimmediateandlonger-term 7 . Thelocationsanddenseconstructionpatternsofcitiesoftenplacetheirpopulationsatgreaterriskfornaturaldisasters.Potential 8 associatedwithclimateincludestormsurgesand prolongedhotweather.Stormsurgescanfloodcoastalareasa
5、ndprolongedhotweathercanheat 9 pavedcitiesmorethansurroundingareas.Theimpactsofsuchnaturaleventscanbemoreseriousinanurbanenvironment.Forexample,aprolongedheatwavecanincreaseexisting levelsofairpollution,causing widespreadhealthproblems.Poorerneighborhoodsthat may 10 basicfacilitiessu
6、chasdrinkingwateroradependablenetworkofroads,areespeciallyvulnerabletonaturaldisasters.Manyresidentsinpoorercountriesliveinsubstandardhousing 11 accesstoreliabledrinkingwater,roadsandbasicservices. Localgovernments, 12 ,shouldtakemeasurestoprotecttheirresidents.”Unfortunately,th
7、eytendtomovetowardsrhetoric 13 meaningfulresponses, RomeroLankaowrites,”Theydon’timposeconstructionstandardsthatcouldreduceheatingandairconditioningneeds.Theydon'temphasizemasstransitandreduce 14 use.Infact,manylocal government
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