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How Does Climate Affect Housing?
It is well known that ongoing global warming has been causing sea
levels to rise. Historically, many large cities across the world have developed
near oceans, and many of them are now said to be at risk of economic losses
from rising sea levels. In a list of the top 20 cities at risk which includes
In a list of the top 2
London, Shanghai, and Tokyo, the US city of Miami ranks first. It is
estimated that in the near future, economic losses from flooding related to
the rise in sea levels)could increase to more than 60 billion dollars a year.
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However, climate change now poses another threat to cities. A recent
study by a group at Harvard University shows that global climate change
can have an impact on land prices. Some may be puzzled to learn that
climate can affect land values. The Harvard team explains the phenomenon
by using the term "gentrification, which means the process by which) part of
a city is changed from a poor area to a richer one by the influx of people
from a higher social class
In the case of Miami, richer people have traditionally preferred the
of the other cities next to
