The city of Boston is one of America’s most well known, and beloved cities. The reason behind this is due to the fact its history involves much of America’s highest and lowest points since the conception of the colonies. In modern times the city is well known for a variety of things ranging from its baseball team the Red Sox, and its multiple well respected colleges. I chose it because of the small history my family has there, along with the large history it holds in this country. There is no doubt the city holds a respectable ranking among Resilience Capacity Index at number 20 of 361 with .72 being their Z-Score. Boston, due to its coastal location, small size, and extreme weather, is very susceptible to being critically affected by climate
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This would directly change the pollution in the air. This policy would probably include decreasing the pollution by decreasing power usage in homes with propaganda. It would also encourage the use of electric cars and appliances to decrease the use of gasoline and other sources of non-clean fuel. Lastly, the policy would to enforce recycling. This could be done by opening a popular recycling center and/or advertising it. Transportation, however, is something Boston does very well already to a …show more content…
Most people don’t even own their own cars in the city due to the things being within walking distance and parking spots aren’t the easiest thing to find. This is little of an issue though since, according to Smart Asset, Boston holds the third best transit system in the United States. Boston could improve upon the transit system by creating a more organized and less scattered system, but this is something that cannot be forced to quickly or else the public would be in disarray with the new system. Organized or not, the city’s transportation system is as resilient as it can currently get. Boston’s transit system has already proved to be resilient with its mass pooling of people into vehicles using only a little more gas or electricity than a
This would directly change the pollution in the air. This policy would probably include decreasing the pollution by decreasing power usage in homes with propaganda. It would also encourage the use of electric cars and appliances to decrease the use of gasoline and other sources of non-clean fuel. Lastly, the policy would to enforce recycling. This could be done by opening a popular recycling center and/or advertising it. Transportation, however, is something Boston does very well already to a …show more content…
Most people don’t even own their own cars in the city due to the things being within walking distance and parking spots aren’t the easiest thing to find. This is little of an issue though since, according to Smart Asset, Boston holds the third best transit system in the United States. Boston could improve upon the transit system by creating a more organized and less scattered system, but this is something that cannot be forced to quickly or else the public would be in disarray with the new system. Organized or not, the city’s transportation system is as resilient as it can currently get. Boston’s transit system has already proved to be resilient with its mass pooling of people into vehicles using only a little more gas or electricity than a