An Exploration on How Climatic Alteration Has Affected the Economy of the United States (2017)
The impact of climatic alteration varies considerably across the US due to the size of the nation, economies, different topographies, and ecosystems. The implications of the climatic alteration will likely put immense strains on public financial plans more especially the cost of maintaining road and rail networks and increasing replacements. Depending on the climatic alteration, economic losses translate into lost tax revenues, and federal officials have raised taxes in the United States to help sustain safety and sufficient provision of goods and services (Dinar, 2010).
One of the most noteworthy impacts of climatic alterations in the US may be related to water supply (Inslee, 2016). The continued economic, as well as population growth, has exacerbated existing and future stresses placed on supplies. Substantially, the nature of climatic alterations all over the nation make the net effects of worldwide warming on the agricultural sectors doubtful. Financial impacts on the agricultural sector vary by region particularly areas where precipitation levels are likely to remain stable. Ideally, warmer temperatures result in augmented threats of severe drought by increasing the pace of evaporation.
This study preferably explores how climatic alteration has affected the economy of the United States and the impacts caused include water scarcity, wildfires, energy, and infrastructure stress, flooding, and Hurricane intensity. Moreover, the rise in sea levels, temperatures, the occurrence of extreme precipitation conditions alternated with periods of elongated droughts will also be the centerpiece of discussions in this context.
The study presents projections of climatic effects on the US, by means of information obtained from existing data and modeling exercises that fall into one of the two quantification designs. Policy makers are pursuing clarifications to help in avoiding the worst implications of climatic alteration while transitioning the country to a green energy compliance system. On the other hand, the U.S global change study program lately released a wide-ranging report describing some of the major impacts of climatic alteration.
Dissertation Objectives
- To identify the economic effects of climatic alteration that occurs all over the country
- To classify the economic impacts and how they are strewn across regions and within the economic landscape and society
- To determine the adverse climatic alterations and the most affected sectors that supply crucial goods and services to society
- To determine how Climatic alteration impacts will place vast strains on public sector budgets and how their occurrence dictates EPA’s priorities and financial situations.
- 16,000 words – 68 pages in length
- Excellent use of literature
- Excellent analysis of subject area
- Well written throughout
- Ideal for economics students
1 – Introduction
Background information on the Study
Problem statement of the study
Purpose of the Study
Dissertation objectives
Study questions and statement of hypothesis
Statement of hypothesis
Significance of the Study
Limitation of the study
2 – Review of the Literature
Introduction to literature review
Review of the principles and concepts
Climatic theories
Anthropogenic worldwide warming theory (AGW)
The Bio-thermostat theory
Cloud formation and Albedo theory
Human-related forcing besides greenhouse gases
Planetary oscillation theory
Solar Variability
Economic theories
Adam Smith and the invisible hand of capitalists
Karl Marx and the exploitation theory
The Keynesian concept of government intervention in the economy
Review of the empirical literature
Summary of the literature and the emerging issues
3 – Study Methodology
Introduction to study design and methodology
Areas of study
Study design
Targeted climatic zones
Targeted economic zones
sample areas of concern and sampling mechanisms
Data collection methods
Data collection procedure
Framework for data analysis and presentation
4 – General Overview
Scope of the results
Data analysis criteria
Findings/results
Statewide Findings
Overall economic findings
Alternative representation of data
5 – Results Interpretation, Recommendations and Conclusions
Interpretations of the results
Recommendations
Conclusions
References