Reading Response #3
Ashante K. Charles
Professor: Juanli Carrion
Thursday, March 5th, 2019
Sustainable Systems
PART FOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS
The water supply in cities like New York City is connected to a variety of sources. As we focus on the water sector, we don’t prioritize the system in urban landscapes. Both the surface and groundwater are a vital part of this cities ecosystem and any other environment in regards to climate change. Regions outside of New York City, depending on the infrastructure, its water supply system is often constructed formally and informally. Due to urban vulnerability in countries similar to, Mexico, Lagos, and Santiago de Chile, they all have similar landscapes, internally and externally, that demonstrates their commonalities of disadvantages within the water supply chain. As the elevation of climate change prevails, the demand in water supply increases, an example of California, the conditions in agriculture are vast within their groundwater supply in the irrigation system. Due to California harvesting thousands of acres in almond crops, producing 82% of the globe’s almonds, the state is practically an almond territory, “most important agricultural producer in the country” there is a huge consequence in the water footprint in almond farming, as their consumption of water is large, leading to constant drought issues. California already has issues with frequent and longer heat waves, which affects the frequency of precipitation
