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Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive, as well as the strongest, hurricane of the
2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Inflicting nearly $70 billion (2012 USD) in damage, mostly felt by
coastal communities.
1.
Briefly explain what the term "resilience" means in this context, and discuss the resilience of
coastal communities in the face of projected climate change effects. You will need to defend
your answer using specific facts, data, and other information drawn from at least one of the
required readings from the lesson.
Resilience, as defined in the textbook, is the ability to recover from a disaster that could have been
prevented or mitigated through sustainable practices. As coastal communities recover from hazards
events like natural disasters and floods, they investigate their coastal risks and vulnerabil
ities, create
plans to preserve the coastal lands, rebuild buildings and reinforce its natural or built infrastructure.
“Events like Hurricane Sandy in 2012 show how public safety and well-being are jeopardized by the
disruption of crucial lifelines, such as water, energy, and evacuation routes.” (
U.S. Climate
Resilience Toolkit
)
Coastal regions look at their environmental health and climate change to assess
their vulnerability; global warming is causing the sea-level to rise and temperature anomalies can
cause potential flooding. These communities and the leaders continue to take action to adapt to
risks, create jobs that stimulate the economy and support the ecosystem.
Projected declines in global agricultural productivity (Chapter 7) have implications for food security
among North Americans. Because North America is a major exporter (FAO, 2009; Schlenker and
Roberts, 2009), shifts in agricultural productivity here may have implications for global food security.
Canada and the USA are relatively food secure, although households living in poverty are
vulnerable. 17.6% of Mexicans are food insecure.
2.
Briefly explain what “adaptation to climate change” is and discuss the adaptation strategies
available in the agricultural sector in the face of projected climate change effects, as well as
the existing barriers. Support your answer with data, facts, key terminology, specific
examples and other information drawn from at least one of the readings from the lesson.
Climate change has increasing impacts on our ecosystem. Human population and consumption
contribute to our anthropogenic processes that are unsustainable to detrimental to the environment.
Adapting to climate change is something that we consider in many sectors, in agriculture for
example there are many factors that
contribute to production and the sustainability problems that
exist globally. “As the world's population continues to increase, we will need to find ways to
continually increase (or more effectively utilize) food production capacity from an essentially fixed
amount of arable land worldwide.” (
Theis, T., & Tomkin, J.
, 2015) Land degradation and soil erosion
are existing barriers to food production. As population increases, we continue to find new ways to
manage the land and increase food production.
Even though we have advanced in machinery to
improve agricultural production, our modern agricultural practices are improving but we still have
issues with sustainability and many large farmlands use machinery that increase greenhouse gas
emissions.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
. Building Resilience in Coastal Communities | U.S. Climate
Resilience Toolkit. (n.d.).
https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/coastal-flood-risk/building-resilience-
coastal-communities
Theis, T., & Tomkin, J. (2015).
Sustainability: A comprehensive foundation
. OpenStax CNX.
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