Las Vegas Case Study

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1. Provide a brief introduction about the city and why you chose it.
The city I chose was Las Vegas, NV that ranks 298 on the Building Resilient Regions website. The Spanish named this huge valley that was full of wild grass and minerals “The Meadows” that then translated into Las Vegas. Now, Las Vegas is very different among U.S cities for it is famous for the luxury casinos and the shows. It has the title of being the “Entertainment Capital of the World” and is very prosperous in cultivating a diversified economy. I chose this city because it is a city that truly never sleeps and always has some sort of resource going in or out. Another reason why I chose Las Vegas is because it is one of the strongest economic cities in the United States and certainly takes up a lot of resources to fuel this never stopping city. I was very interested in researching to see why Las Vegas wasn’t resilient and what could be improved.
2. What, if anything, makes this city vulnerable with regard to climate change and concerns about peak oil.
Las Vegas is very vulnerable with regard to climate change because of its location. Las Vegas is a flat dessert and is already in a dire scarcity of water supplies. With a major climate change all of Las Vegas would be vulnerable. Tourism, health and environmental impacts, and water supply will all be extremely susceptible. With a climate change could lead to an even bigger drought. Peak oil is also another major concern because Nevada has no oil refineries. All of the fuel comes from a pipeline from California, where the oil is processed into various grades. If the price of oil rose in California, it would almost double the price in Las Vegas because it only has one source. That alone could ruin the economy ...

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...g. The biggest thing is funding education. You have to start at the very base of things and education is there. With funding for future generations you can create a more effective resiliency plan because people have the knowledge to do so. For an example we can take the notorious wild fires that happens in Mt. Charleston about an hour outside of Las Vegas. It full of green pine tress that are also very try and very flammable. With more education we can have the knowledge to prevent fires, train more people to handle them, or even create a more effective plane that releases chemicals to put out the fire. Right now the only thing Las Vegas does is tell the pilot coordinates of the fire and then drop chemicals there. We can create a more effective plan that would improve the transportation of the planes along with the communication between the pilot and firefighters.

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