The impact of climate-related environmental change on the UK solid waste sector
The impact of climate-related environmental change on the UK solid waste sector
This paper describes the solid waste sector in the UK and its interactions with other parts of the wider UK infrastructure system before exploring the potential effects of climate change and severe weather in the context of the UKCP09 scenarios. There is limited evidence for the direct effects of climate change on the UK solid waste sector. However, it is apparent that much of the disruption to the sector comes from the impact on transport infrastructure. The paper concludes that the biggest climate-related threat to the solid waste sector, as with the UK infrastructure system generally, is flooding due to future increases in winter mean rainfall and peak rainfall events in summer and winter.
floods & floodworks , waste management & disposal, infrastructure planning
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Watson, Geoff V.R.
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Powrie, William
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May 2015
Watson, Geoff V.R.
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Powrie, William
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Watson, Geoff V.R. and Powrie, William
(2015)
The impact of climate-related environmental change on the UK solid waste sector.
Infrastructure Asset Management, 2 (2), .
(doi:10.1680/iasma.14.00041).
Abstract
This paper describes the solid waste sector in the UK and its interactions with other parts of the wider UK infrastructure system before exploring the potential effects of climate change and severe weather in the context of the UKCP09 scenarios. There is limited evidence for the direct effects of climate change on the UK solid waste sector. However, it is apparent that much of the disruption to the sector comes from the impact on transport infrastructure. The paper concludes that the biggest climate-related threat to the solid waste sector, as with the UK infrastructure system generally, is flooding due to future increases in winter mean rainfall and peak rainfall events in summer and winter.
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Published date: May 2015
Keywords:
floods & floodworks , waste management & disposal, infrastructure planning
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Local EPrints ID: 415983
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415983
ISSN: 2053-0242
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