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1、*第十一篇ClimateChangePosesMajorRisksforUnpreparedCitiesAnewexaminationofurbanpolicieshasbeen1recentlybyPatriciaRomeroLankao．Sheisasociologistspecializinginclimatechangeand2development．Shewarnsthatmanyoftheworld’sfast-growingurbanareas，especiallyindevelopingcountries．willlikelysufferf

2、romtheimpactsofchangingclimate．Herworkalsoconcludesthatmostcitiesarefailingto3emissionsofcarbondioxideandothergreenhouse4．Thesegasesareknowntoaffecttheatmosphere．”Climatechangeisadeeplylocalissueandposesprofoundthreatstothegrowingcitiesoftheworld,”saysRomeroLankao.”Buttoofewcities

3、aredevelopingeffectivestrategiesto5theirresidents."Citiesare6sourcesofgreenhousegases．Andurbanpopulationsarelikelytobeamongthosemostseverelyaffectedbyfutureclimatechange.Lankao’sfindingshighlightwaysinwhichcity-residentsareparticularlyvulnerable,andsuggestpolicyinterventionsthatco

4、uldofferimmediateandlonger-term7．Thelocationsanddenseconstructionpatternsofcitiesoftenplacetheirpopulationsatgreaterriskfornaturaldisasters.Potential8associatedwithclimateincludestormsurgesandprolongedhotweather.Stormsurgescanfloodcoastalareasandprolongedhotweathercanheat9pavedcit

5、iesmorethansurroundingareas．Theimpactsofsuchnaturaleventscanbemoreseriousinanurbanenvironment．Forexample，aprolongedheatwavecanincreaseexistinglevelsofairpollution，causingwidespreadhealthproblems．Poorerneighborhoodsthatmay10basicfacilitiessuchasdrinkingwateroradependablenetworkofro

6、ads，areespeciallyvulnerabletonaturaldisasters．Manyresidentsinpoorercountriesliveinsubstandardhousing11accesstoreliabledrinkingwater，roadsandbasicservices.Localgovernments,12,shouldtakemeasurestoprotecttheirresidents.”Unfortunately，theytendtomovetowardsrhetoric13meaningfulresponses

7、,RomeroLankaowrites,”Theydon’timposeconstructionstandardsthatcouldreduceheatingandairconditioningneeds.Theydon'temphasizemasstransitandreduce14use.Infact,manylocalgovernmentsaretakingahands—offapproach.”Thus,sheurgesthemtochangetheir15policiesandtotakestrongstepstopreventtheharmfu

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