130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

Receptors
Extreme weather
event
River Nile level rise /
drop
Storms
Potential effects Who/What is affected Feedback and Assessment by
Governorate of Luxor
- Impacts on public spaces (e.g. river banks)
- Damages on river facilities
- Damages in social facilities in afflicted areas
- Burdening of the health care facilities due to the increased
number of patients in hospitals
facilities/infrastructure,
facilities
athletic
Touristic sites, houses near river
bank
Schools, public places, municipal
facilities, athletic facilities,
hospitals
*There is no sea in Luxor, instead there is
river Nile rise/ drop
* Storms occurrences are very low in the
city of Luxor.
Floods
- Flooding of social facilities in afflicted areas
- Burdening of the health care facilities due to the increased
number of patients in hospitals
Schools, public places, municipal
facilities, athletic facilities,
hospitals**
* Floods occurrences are very low; once
every 5 years
** Houses and agriculture lands near river
bank are more vulnerable.
Extreme heat
- Increased cooling demands
- Higher maintenance costs
- Concrete’s damages
- Urban heat island effect
All building infrastructure
Built Environment
Building stock
and material
Droughts - Higher water demand All building infrastructure
River Nile level rise /
drop
Storms
- Extensive damages for buildings* near river bank
- Flooding at the city level of all building infrastructure
- Sinkholes collapse
- Damages
- Higher maintenance costs
All building infrastructure, road
network etc.
All building infrastructure
* The damages occur to buildings due to
the increase in the underground water
level near the river banks.
Floods
- Damages
- Higher maintenance costs
All building infrastructure
Tourist
Extreme heat
- Lower tourists flows during the impacted seasons
- Increased demand for cooling
Tourists, tourist infrastructure,
tourist related economy
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