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Final Report
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8.5.1 Monitoring Indicators of Climate Change 223
8.5.2 Modelling 224
8.5.3 Comparison with other Global Cities 224
8.5.4 Dams 224
8.5.5 Health and Climate Change in London 225
8.5.6 Biodiversity and Climate Change in London 225
8.5.7 Emergency Planning 225
8.5.8 Historic Environment 225
8.5.9 Strategic Processes 225
8.5.10 Engaging the Public 226
8.5.11 Local Authorities 227
8.5.12 Buildings 227
8.5.13 Specific Developments 227
8.5.14 Further Quantification of Economic Impacts 228
9. Conclusions 229
9.1 Initial Study Findings 229
9.2 Key Climate Change Impacts on London 229
9.3 Policy Processes 232
9.4 Concluding Remarks 232
Appendices 234
A The London Climate Change Partnership 234
B Stakeholder workshop outputs 236
C Representing soil moisture variations using CATCHMOD 281
Glossary 282
Index 288
Table 3.1 The five most severe droughts of different duration in the Thames Region defined using
the Standard Precipitation Index (from Wade et al., 2001) 16
Table 3.2 Nature conservation designations in London 30
Table 3.3 Selected wildlife habitats in London, their biodiversity significance, associated threats and
opportunities 31
Table 3.4 Exemplar biodiversity issues currently facing London 34