文档介绍：Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities 气候变化给不备城市带来重大风险
      A new examination of urban policies has been  carried out recently by Patricia Romero is a sociologist specializing in climate change and  urban  warns that many of the world’s fast-growing urban areas,especially in developing likely suffer from the impacts of changing work also concludes that most cities are failing to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases .These  gases are known to affect the atmosphere.”Climate change is a deeply local issue and poses profound threats to the growing cities of the world,” says Romero Lankao. ”But too few cities are developing effective strategies to protect  their residents."
     Cities are  major sources of greenhouse urban populations are likely to be among those most severely affected by future climate change. Lankao’s findings  highlight ways in which city-residents are particularly vulnerable, and suggest policy interventions that could offer immediate and longer-term  benefits  .
     The locations and dense construction patterns of cities often place their populations at greater risk for natural disasters. Potential   threats   associated with climate include storm surges and prolonged hot weather. Storm surges can flood coastal areas and prolonged hot weather can heat  