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CVE80010 : Principles of Sustainability | Assignment

   

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Running head: PRINCIPLES OF SUSTANABILTY Principles of sustainabilityName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1PRINCIPLES OF SUSTANABILTYTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Effects due to Climate Change in Sydney.......................................................................................2Effects on the Water Resources.......................................................................................................4Effects on Agriculture......................................................................................................................6Social effects of climate change......................................................................................................7Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

2PRINCIPLES OF SUSTANABILTYIntroduction Climate change due to the effects of global warming is one of the major social issues thatare encountered by the population of the modern days. With the increased activities of modernhumans and rise of energy demand the effects of global warming and climate change is moreevitable. The effects of the climate change include alternation in the local weather patterndistribution that extends over a longer period of time. The ecological balance of the local place ishighly disturbed due to the effects of the climate change. The long-terms effects of the climatechange can be catastrophic as it can bring about permanent changes to the global geographiccondition. The aim of the current study is to focus on the effects of climate change that will have inthe city of Australia. The areas of the geographical impact will be discussed in details along withthe social effects of the climate change. This will include the effects on the food and watersupply along with the impact of the refugee movements. The report will highlight the impact onthe basis of the per year basis, which includes the predication done on the basis of the year 2030,2050 and 2100. The impact will be mainly discussed on the basis of the macro-scale, which hasdifferent types of primary and secondary impacts over the city of Sydney. Finally, the report will highlight upon the risk assessment measures and adaptationpolicies that are implemented by the authority in order to minimize the catastrophic effects of theweather and geographic condition of Sydney. Effects due to Climate Change in Sydney Sydney is believed to be one of the world’s worst affected cities, which is going to facethe effects of climate change. This will mainly occur due to the fact that as per the report of El-

3PRINCIPLES OF SUSTANABILTYZein and Tonmoy (2015), it is believed that average temperature of the city will rise 50% morecompared to that of the global is in temperature. Sydney is the largest metropolitan cities inAustralia and the population of the city is rising at a rapid rate. Moreover, due to modernizationof the city, the demand of all forms of energy is also going up significantly. This is implementinghuge pressure on the natural resources and local ecological balance of the city. The geographicallocation of the city, which is at the costal basin of the eastern pacific region, is one of the majorreasons for huge threat of climate change. With a population of 7.2 million that was estimated in the year 2016, Sydney and otherareas of New South Wales accounts for 32% of the total Australian population. Hence, with highamount of population Sydney is highly risk due to the effect of climate change. There are about65000 house is located in the coastal regions of Sydney, which are at major risk, as scientisthave predicted sea level rise of 1.1 meter. This will also put a risk to about 4800 km of road inSydney and other regions of New South Wales. About 320 km of Railways also at risks due tothe sea level rise. All the commercial and private properties, which are at risks die to effects ofthe climate change is estimated to be around 20 billion dollar (Department of the Environmentand Energy, 2017).As per recent report of the Australian government, the average temperature of Sydneyand other areas of New South Wales have increased about 1 Degree Celsius. With the currentrate of Climate change and global warming the annual precipitation is also likely to decreasesignificantly by the year 2030. The distribution of rainfall is also likely to be highly uneven,where in some areas there will be 13% decrease of rainfall and in some areas that can be about7% of increase in the rainfall (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2017). This willincrease the tendency of flood and drought in areas around the Sydney. The decrease in the

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