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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Uneconomic snow removal

Uneconomic snow removal

  • Iced roads
  • Insufficient removal of snow

Incidence

An analysis of the impact of climate warming on transportation in the MacKenzie Basin region of northern Canada found that there would be a reduction in the duration of winter road ice of 30-46 days.

Broader

Prohibitive cost of basic services
Presentable

Aggravates

Snowstorms
Unpresentable
Threatened species of Pseudophryne australis
Yet to rate
Frozen ground
Yet to rate

Value

Uneconomic
Yet to rate
Insufficiency
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Living conditions » Living conditions
  • Economics » Economic
  • Meteorology » Meteorology
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Roads
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G8238
    DOCID
    11782380
    D7NID
    170518
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020