Frightful Winter Weather Doesn't Scare Walkable Cities
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Posted 12.25.2012
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Canada British Columbia
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What last week illustrated is that even Vancouver — not really a winter city in the common use of that title — needs to think more about our ability to handle tougher winter conditions. With the weather being less predictable, and frequency and intensity of storm events getting worse with the consequences of climate change, anticipating and designing for unusual weather conditions is going to be the new normal for all of us.