Climate risks and adaptation in Asian coastal megacities: A synthesis

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Abbreviations and AcronymsADB Asian Development BankAOGCM Atmosphere-ocean general circulationmodelsBMR Bangkok Metropolitan RegionBAU Business as usualCCA Climate change adaptationCoP Conferences of PartiesDIVA Dynamic interactive vulnerabilityassessmentDRR Disaster risk reductionECLAC Economic Commission for LatinAmerica and the CaribbeanGCMs Global climate modelsGDP Gross domestic productGEF Global Environment FacilityGHG Greenhouse gasGPCP Global Precipitation ClimatologyProjectGRDP Gross regional domestic productHCMC Ho Chi Minh City1DD One-degree dailyIPCC Intergovernmental Panel for ClimateChangeIRS3 Integrated research system forsustainability scienceIZ Industrial zonesJICA Japan International CooperationAgencyLGUs Local government unitsMONRE Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironmentMP Master planNESDB National Economic and SocialDevelopment BoardPC People’s CommitteePCMDI Program for Climate Model Diagnosisand IntercomparisonSRES Special Report on Emissions ScenariosUNDP United Nations Development ProgramUNFCCC United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate ChangeVOC Vehicle operations costWCRP World Climate Research ProgramWGCM Working Group on Coupled ModelingNote: Unless otherwise noted, all dollars are U.S. dollars.ix
Page 4 and 5: © 2010 The International Bank for
Page 7 and 8: Figure 4.6 Damage Costs Associated
Page 9: AcknowledgmentsThis synthesis repor
Page 14 and 15: Why these three cities? The three d
Page 16 and 17: Key FindingsFrequency of extreme ev
Page 18 and 19: RecommendationsCoastal cities in de
Page 21: 1IntroductionBackground and Rationa
Page 24 and 25: events. The analysis undertaken in
Page 27 and 28: Box 2.1 ■ Strengths and Limitatio
Page 29 and 30: Uncertainties in the assignment of
Page 31 and 32: Box 2.3 ■ Some Basic Principles f
Page 33 and 34: Table 2.3 ■ Direct and Indirect C
Page 35 and 36: establishments. A damage rate (Tabl
Page 37 and 38: sales loss data (categorized by typ
Page 39 and 40: measures capture a number of import
Page 41: e very difficult to know how accura
Page 44 and 45: Importance of BMR to the regionalec
Page 46 and 47: activities that are being considere
Page 48 and 49: 2.1.2 Land Subsidence 2.1.2 Land Su
Page 50 and 51: 1-in-30-year floods. There are stee
Page 52 and 53: 15°N10°NThis map was produced by
Page 54 and 55: severe flooding caused by Typhoon
Page 56 and 57: Table 3.8 ■ Manila: Comparison of
Page 58 and 59: Table 3.9 ■ Affected Length of Ro
Page 60 and 61:
Table 3.11 ■ Ho Chi Minh City: Mo
Page 62 and 63:
Box 3.4 ■ Overview of Downscaling
Page 64 and 65:
Table 3.12 ■ Climate Change Param
Page 66 and 67:
y 2050 under the A2 scenario. As Ta
Page 68 and 69:
Figure 3.14a ■ HCMC Poverty Rates
Page 70 and 71:
Potential increase in drought in 20
Page 72 and 73:
over the period of analysis. These
Page 74 and 75:
Damage costs in 2050 are largelyatt
Page 76 and 77:
Damage costs constitute approximate
Page 78 and 79:
Figure 4.3 ■ Maximum Inundation A
Page 80 and 81:
Analysis of Damage CostsRelated to
Page 82 and 83:
Table 4.8 ■ Flood Damage Costs in
Page 84 and 85:
Table 4.9 ■ Income and Revenue Lo
Page 86 and 87:
aising dikes, and improved pumping
Page 88 and 89:
Table 4.12 ■ Investment Costs and
Page 90 and 91:
Uncertainty in the estimation of co
Page 92 and 93:
Table 4.15 ■ Summary of Present V
Page 94 and 95:
Table 4.16 ■ Proposed Implementat
Page 96 and 97:
a 30 percent increase in the flood-
Page 98 and 99:
dumping of solid waste into the cit
Page 100 and 101:
consider broad institutional issues
Page 102 and 103:
IMF. 2009. World Economic Outlook D
Page 105 and 106:
AnnexAVulnerability of KolkataMetro
Page 107 and 108:
estimates. All these scenarios (wit
Page 109 and 110:
sustain significant damage. Due to
Page 111:
AnnexBScenarios Applied in theHydro
Page 114 and 115:
Accommodate—a traditionapproach i
Page 117:
AnnexDComparison of Costsacross Cit
show all

Climate risks and adaptation in Asian coastal megacities: A synthesis

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?