Water as Leverage- Setting the scene for a call for action
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<strong>Water</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>Leverage</strong> <strong>for</strong> Resilient Cities Asia<br />
<strong>Setting</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scene <strong>for</strong> a Call <strong>for</strong> Action<br />
Content<br />
The great<br />
diversity of water<br />
issues in Asia’s<br />
co<strong>as</strong>tal regions<br />
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS<br />
RIVER FLOODS<br />
means that<br />
SEA FLOODS<br />
challenges are<br />
TYPHOONS<br />
also<br />
LANDSLIDES<br />
opportunities<br />
LONG TERM EFFECTS<br />
DROUGHT STRESS<br />
SALINIZATION<br />
SALT WATER INTRUSION<br />
SEA LEVEL RISE<br />
LAND SUBSIDENCE<br />
EXTREME WET BULB TEMPERATURES<br />
WATER POLLUTION<br />
Extreme wea<strong>the</strong>r events<br />
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS LANDSCAPES OF PROBLEMS<br />
EXTREME river River floods Floods WEATHER EVENTS River RIVER B<strong>as</strong>ins BASINS<br />
river floods<br />
sea Sea floods Floods<br />
sea floods<br />
typhoons Typhoons<br />
typhoons<br />
landslides Landslides<br />
landslides<br />
LONG Long term TERM effects EFFECTS<br />
LONG TERM EFFECTS<br />
drought stress<br />
salination<br />
drought Drought stress Stress<br />
salination<br />
salt<br />
Salination<br />
intrusion<br />
salt intrusion<br />
sea Salt level Intrusion rise<br />
sea level rise<br />
land<br />
Sea<br />
subsidence<br />
Level Rise<br />
land subsidence<br />
extreme Land Subsidence wet bulb temperatures<br />
extreme wet bulb temperatures<br />
water Extreme pollution Wet Bulb Temperatures<br />
water <strong>Water</strong> pollution Pollution<br />
Urbanizing URBANIZING Inland INLANDRiver<br />
RIVER BASINS<br />
B<strong>as</strong>ins<br />
Urbanized URBANIZED Delt<strong>as</strong> DELTAS<br />
Sinking SINKING Land LANDS<br />
compression<br />
water compression level rise<br />
water extr<strong>action</strong> level rise<br />
water logging extr<strong>action</strong><br />
siltation water logging<br />
incre<strong>as</strong>ed siltation salinity<br />
canalization<br />
incre<strong>as</strong>ed salinity<br />
embankement<br />
canalization<br />
embankement<br />
evaporation<br />
evaporation<br />
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Asia’s Co<strong>as</strong>tal Regions<br />
PART 1 / From Global <strong>Water</strong> Issues to a Call <strong>for</strong> Action<br />
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