However, because of issues related to data
quality, the low frequency of
extreme event impacts, limited length of the time series, and various societal
factors present in the disaster loss record, it is still not possible to determine the portion of the increase in damages that might be attributed to climate change brought about by greenhouse gas emissions (S1).
Sperling's BestPlaces recently ranked cities with populations of 500,000 or more based on the «Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S.» Researchers
factored in a range of criteria, including economic stability, crime stats,
extreme weather, natural disaster risk, housing depreciation, air
quality, life expectancy, car fatalities, among other
factors.