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Categorizing The Societal Impacts From Extreme Rainfall In The New York City Metropolitan Area, Evan Belkin
Categorizing The Societal Impacts From Extreme Rainfall In The New York City Metropolitan Area, Evan Belkin
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Numerous studies have shown that the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events have increased significantly across the contiguous United States (CONUS) over the past several decades associated with warming global temperatures. This surge in extreme rainfall has resulted in the loss of life and property within vulnerable communities due to widespread river and flash flooding. For example, 11 of the 14 fatalities in New York City associated with Tropical Cyclone Ida’s remnants in September 2021 occurred in flooded basement apartments. The creation of a scale to differentiate extreme rainfall events with higher societal impacts from those with lower impacts …
Cultural And Environmental Change In A Period Of Westernized Tourism: Bali, Indonesia, Barbara Buck
Cultural And Environmental Change In A Period Of Westernized Tourism: Bali, Indonesia, Barbara Buck
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Dutch colonizers opened Bali for tourism at the beginning of the 20th century, and since that time tourism has led to changes in Bali’s culture, environment, and local resources. In the late 1900s, tourism grew to a new level, which resulted in a shift of industry control away from Balinese people. This project examines the problem of tourism from a social and environmental science lens. By compiling literature and science from various fields of study, this project aims to illustrate the complexity of Bali’s tourism problem in an interdisciplinary way. The lack of local control over tourism perpetuated and exacerbated …