London scoping - ukcip

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• Improving transport e.g. tram links. Encouraging cycling and walking through
development plans, community plans and by improvements to the urban
environment. Improvements to the tube including East London line extension.
• New crops e.g. vineyards, olives and tomatoes.
• Opportunity for London to benefit economically from increased/new tourism
opportunities
• That London becomes a relatively more attractive climate than other European
cities e.g. Paris, Madrid, Rome i.e. it doesn’t get as bad as they do.
• Potential reduction in long distance tourism.
• Tourism will benefit from hotter summers and milder winters, cleaner transport and
green living.
SOCIAL THREATS
• Impact on economy of increased levels of occupational sickness or absenteeism as
a result of temperature changes.
• Impact of temperature change implications on local health care provision.
• Health impacts of higher temperatures combined with air pollution etc e.g. asthma
(air quality) skin cancers (sunlight).
• Increased health problems e.g. respiratory diseases from poor air quality -
economic a social issue.
• Increased stress leads to increase in crime. Heat stress leads to instability, which
leads to social unrest.
• Hot weather leads to open windows which leads to greater opportunistic burglary.
• Greater social disorder due to rise in temperatures leading to increased stress and
arguments/conflict.
• Global trend leads to increased environmental refugee, which leads to increase in
burden or social welfare/state.
• Fire - drier weather leads to greater vulnerability. Water shortage leads to
problems pumping at incidents.
• Segregation of different social groups: ability to pay.
• Effects of fuel poverty.
• Effects of ‘cooling’ poverty leads to inequalities.
• Blight on homes/property in flooding areas.
• Health and safety impacts of flooding events (tidal, watercourse, sewer overflow).
Effects of water shortages on aspects such as hygiene, gardening.