ENVS195 Final: Chapter 7 - Study Guide
31 May 2016
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Chapter 7; climate change case study: manila, philippines. Climate; long term average of weather including seasonal change. Climate change is a long term shift in these averages. Climate change vs global warming: global warming; addresses change only in average surface temperatures. Excludes changes in precipitation levels, seasonal variations etc: does not imply uniform warming across the globe. Atmospheric circulation patterns can result in significant differences in warming rates, as well as cooling in some locations. Ccar project review: coastal cities at risk (ccar): building adaptive capacity for managing. Climate change in coastal megacities: four main coastal cities under study: (bangkok, thailand), (manila, philippines), (lagos, nigeria), (vancouver, canada), partnering with others cities: shanghai, jakarta and others. Case study: manila, philippines: population: july 2013 = 105,720,644 (cia factbook, 2013, metropolitan manila: located on luzon island (main island) (se asia), National capital region, comprised of 17 cities, population: approximately. In contrast toronto"s metro area population density = 945 people per sq. km.
