{"content":[{"text":"COMMUNITIES ARE FACING A CHANGING WORLD – a world of warmer \n temperatures, less predictable weather patterns, and rising sea levels. While \n impacts vary by location, these and other impacts threaten the reliable \n delivery of many community services. This resource discusses how climate \n change is affecting community services, presents sample adaptation \n strategies, gives examples of successful community adaptation actions, and \n provides links to other key federal resources.","bbox":{"left":0.073287,"top":0.300149,"width":0.848077,"height":0.135264}},{"text":"IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LOCAL \n GOVERNMENT SERVICES","bbox":{"left":0.057973,"top":0.452869,"width":0.40860599999999997,"height":0.038922999999999985}},{"text":"climate. The “Riverfront Master Plan” reduces future \n flooding risk by promoting green infrastructure; creating \n a green buffer along the riverfront; and redirecting \n growth away from the floodplain. By decommissioning a \n flood-prone wastewater facility and expanding service \n elsewhere, the city chose to adapt and reduce future \n flooding risk. Several years after the floods, the \n community continues to adapt and implement projects \n under the Riverfront Master Plan.","bbox":{"left":0.532342,"top":0.456475,"width":0.42189600000000005,"height":0.15813799999999995}},{"text":"Water Resources Management \n Changing precipitation patterns and increased intensity of \n rainfall events, storms and sea level rise are major elements \n of a changing climate. These changes may degrade water \n quality by increasing stormwater runoff, overflows of \n separate and combined sewer systems, and stream bank \n erosion. Community facilities, including drinking water and \n wastewater treatment facilities, may be at risk due to more \n frequent and severe flooding.","bbox":{"left":0.056111,"top":0.510154,"width":0.440695,"height":0.157489}},{"text":"Clean Air \n A warming climate is expected to worsen air quality, \n including ground-level ozone, which can aggravate lung \n diseases and lead to premature death. Actions taken to \n reduce ozone can both reduce greenhouse gas emissions \n and yield adaptation benefits. People most at risk from \n ozone exposure include people with asthma, children, \n older adults, and those who are active outside, especially \n outdoor workers. People with health conditions such as \n obesity or diabetes may also have higher risk of ozone- \n related health effects.","bbox":{"left":0.530706,"top":0.633915,"width":0.427848,"height":0.192851}},{"text":"What are some water management adaptation \n strategies? \n • Account for future flood risk (e.g., using the new federal \n flood standard) to protect drinking water and wastewater \n treatment facilities \n • Use green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff \n • Preserve wetlands and establish vegetated buffers along \n rivers and streams to reduce flooding, runoff, and erosion","bbox":{"left":0.054475,"top":0.686918,"width":0.43758800000000003,"height":0.13978599999999997}},{"text":"Adaptation in Action: The 2008 Iowa River floods caused \n extensive flooding along the Iowa City, Iowa riverfront. \n After the flood, the community worked with state and \n federal organizations, including the EPA, to develop a \n master plan to rebuild the riverfront, promote equitable \n development, and address challenges from a changing","bbox":{"left":0.052842,"top":0.845357,"width":0.440376,"height":0.105097}},{"text":"What are some clean air adaptation strategies? \n • Reduce vehicle emissions by encouraging smart growth \n development where people can work, live, and play \n within a walkable area \n • Upgrade existing municipal fleets to reduce air \n pollutants","bbox":{"left":0.530706,"top":0.846068,"width":0.425474,"height":0.10437299999999994}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.000239,"top":-0.001505,"width":1.0,"height":0.099091},{"left":-0.001675,"top":0.094697,"width":0.250081,"height":0.186017},{"left":0.248881,"top":0.093298,"width":0.25076,"height":0.187439},{"left":0.500484,"top":0.093107,"width":0.250294,"height":0.187205},{"left":0.7514,"top":0.092836,"width":0.250441,"height":0.188561},{"left":0.000253,"top":0.961159,"width":1.0,"height":0.040455}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.000239,"top":-0.001505,"width":1.0,"height":0.099091},{"left":-0.001675,"top":0.094697,"width":0.250081,"height":0.186017},{"left":0.248881,"top":0.093298,"width":0.25076,"height":0.187439},{"left":0.500484,"top":0.093107,"width":0.250294,"height":0.187205},{"left":0.7514,"top":0.092836,"width":0.250441,"height":0.188561},{"left":0.000253,"top":0.961159,"width":1.0,"height":0.040455}]}