Tourism in Extreme Environments
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Tourism in Extreme Environments
The Example of Las Vegas
Southern Nevada
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/
McCarran Intl. Airport (664m) in Las Vegas
Growth of the city
• 1972-2010
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdxHAggOmB4
• http://www.lasvegas.com/listing/a-day-at-valley-of-fire/6019/tour/591/
Challenges
Water supply
• LAKE MEAD, Nev. — The sinuous Colorado River and its slew of man-made reservoirs from the Rockies to southern Arizona are being sapped by 14 years of drought nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years. (NY Times, January 6, 2014, “Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States”)
• Hoover Dam (1935)
• Lake Mead
Flash Flood• A flood caused by heavy or excessive rainfall
in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours. Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains that rip through river beds, urban streets, or mountain canyons sweeping everything before them. They can occur within minutes or a few hours of excessive rainfall. They can also occur even if no rain has fallen, for instance after a levee or dam has failed, or after a sudden release of water by a debris or ice jam.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfln50LhUbw
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mrx/hydro/flooddef.php (National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office)
Electricity
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNSDWXFbsl0