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Honduras is the second poorest country in Latin America and nominated by the World | |||
Bank Organization as the third most vulnerable country in the World. Despite of its great | |||
climate conditions, in 2011 Honduras’s Government had to call for State of Emergency | |||
every 38 days. Most of its vulnerability is due to its poor infrastructure, high population | |||
growth rate, unemployment which results in criminality, its inexistent land and city | |||
planning, and its increasing annul precipitation (which is one of the world’s 20 most | |||
highest). Tegucigalpa, itself is a mirror of poor planning. Most of the city’s neighborhoods | |||
are located on places where buildings were not plausible. Most of Tegucigalpa’s soil | |||
conditions are poor for construction purposes and often result in erosion. Tegucigalpa’s | |||
topography and poor drainage infrastructure often cause the city to be fooded and this is | |||
terrible considering what that Honduras has a high annual precipitation. | |||
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Rationale: Why have you selected this case study area?
Honduras is the second poorest country in Latin America and nominated by the World Bank Organization as the third most vulnerable country in the World. Despite of its great climate conditions, in 2011 Honduras’s Government had to call for State of Emergency every 38 days. Most of its vulnerability is due to its poor infrastructure, high population growth rate, unemployment which results in criminality, its inexistent land and city planning, and its increasing annul precipitation (which is one of the world’s 20 most highest). Tegucigalpa, itself is a mirror of poor planning. Most of the city’s neighborhoods are located on places where buildings were not plausible. Most of Tegucigalpa’s soil conditions are poor for construction purposes and often result in erosion. Tegucigalpa’s topography and poor drainage infrastructure often cause the city to be fooded and this is terrible considering what that Honduras has a high annual precipitation.
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Landscape and/or urban context
- Biogeography, land use patterns, cultural features, overall character, history and dynamics
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Local Climate
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- Which changes are expected? Is there any evidence?
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Analysis of vulnerability
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Proposals for Climate Change Adaption
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- Which measures would need to be taken to adapt to the new situation?
- How could you assure sustainability of these measures?
- Please describe 2-3 measures
Proposals for Climate Change Mitigation
- Which measures would need to be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other drivers of climate change within your case study area?
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Your scenario
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