infrastructure climate change vulnerability assessment

... Scope of the Assessment 1.1 Defining vulnerability 1.2 Vulnerability to climate change Vulnerability Assessments and the DPSIR Framework 12 Monitoring Vulnerability 16 Impacts of Climate Change and ... Characteristics of vulnerability and scope of the assessment Defining vulnerability Specifying vulnerability to climate change Vulnerability assessment and the DPSIR framework Monitoring vulnerability ... Environmental Assessment Characteristics of vulnerability and scope of the assessment Vulnerability assessment and the DPSIR framework Monitoring vulnerability Impacts of climate change and their assessment...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2016, 23:04

... river basin has relatively large inundated area due to effects of climate change Without impact of sea level rise due to climate change, the main reason of flooding is flow tides in combination ... (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation measures" The inundation maps obtained from simulation results for three climate change scenarios together with ... with flooding in the river basin References [1] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Physical Basis of Climate Change, 2007 [2] Nguyen Huu Nhan, The verifying result of HydroGIS model...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... both countries [2, 3] The expressions of climate change impacts on water resources of Hong River basin Climate change due to the earth warming causes the change of the processes, such as ocean-atmosphere ... unprecedented abnormalities that may related to climate change impacts The increasing uncertainty of hydrological characteristics due to climate change impacts reduces reliability of hydrological ... recent years; - Develop climate change scenarios of the region; T.H Thai, L.T Anh / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 26 (2010) 218-223 223 - Assess impacts of climate change scenarios on rainfall-runoff...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation measures" References [1] Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Climate change, sea level rise scenarios ... the increase in the periods as compared to the baseline However, this change is not significant 4) In the context of climate change, under unfavorable conditions for water use and, water allocation ... aquaculture, industry, domestic sector, public services and tourism To assess the influence of climate change on water demand two Cases were considered Due to limitations of published data, the water...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... Transmission – Diffusion model Climate change - Increasing sea water level - Changed discharge under effects of climate change - Salinity parameters under effects of climate change Calculation results ... Calculation results of saline intrusion under effects of climate change Figure Calculation schema of salinity intrusion under the impacts of climate change T.H Thai, T.T Van / VNU Journal of Science, ... scenarios Salinity intrusions in the two basins under three climate change scenarios (B1, B2, A2) were forecasted to assess the impacts of climate change on salinity intrusion in the two basins In order...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 15:20

... Resources Assessment v EXTENDED SUMMARY Climate change analyses In the study, we used simulations from the 4th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment to investigate how the climate ... be impacted by a changing climate 1.3 Previous studies on climate change in the Mekong Basin Other studies have investigated the impact of climate change on future climate and water resource ... selection and methodology for future climate projections Global Climate Models are the best tools available for making climate change projections Patterns of climate change for the Mekong Basin are...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 23:20

... extent of climate change impact assessment 15 Table Information and data needed for impact assessment of climate change 17 Table 3.Content of impact assessment of climate change and ... the process of the climate change impact assessment 3.2 Organizing the implementation of a climate change impact assessment In terms of implementation, the assessment of climate change impacts should ... scenarios Climate change scenario + Development scenario Climate change scenario + Development scenario Climate change scenario + Development scenario Climate change scenario + Development scenario Climate...

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2015, 23:27

... Pakistan, South Africa Problem statement 1: climate change ™ Climate change – one of the most formidable challenges of the 21st century ™ IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report showed that: ‰ The challenge ... Roads Cement Urban infrastructure manufacturing Some buildings Steel manufacturing Metals-based durables 3CSEP Thank you for your attention Diana Ürge-Vorsatz Center for Climate Change and Sustainable ... all world regions are abundant; technologies and know-how widely available ™ In addition to climate change benefits, improved energy-efficiency can advance several development goals as well as...

Ngày tải lên: 06/06/2016, 10:32

... S Li, 1997: Tropical cyclones and climate change: A preliminary assessment Assessing Climate Change: Results from the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment, W Howe and A HendersonSellers, ... for Climate Change, G I Pearman, Ed., CSIRO, 438–455 Houghton, J T., L G Meira Filho, B A Callander, N Harris, A Kattenberg, and K Maskell, 1996: Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change ... parameters (Gray 1975) b Tropical cyclones and climate change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change report (Watson et al 1996) stated...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2016, 13:40

... (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation measures" References [1] Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Climate change, sea level rise scenarios ... exploitation, utilization and to identify the water shortage areas according to the climate change scenarios Keywords: climate change, water resources, Hong-Thai Binh river Introduction about the study ... (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts of climate change on water resources and adaptation measures" References [1] Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Climate change, sea level rise scenarios...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2017, 21:35

... both countries [2, 3] The expressions of climate change impacts on water resources of Hong River basin Climate change due to the earth warming causes the change of the processes, such as ocean-atmosphere ... unprecedented abnormalities that may related to climate change impacts The increasing uncertainty of hydrological characteristics due to climate change impacts reduces reliability of hydrological ... recent years; - Develop climate change scenarios of the region; T.H Thai, L.T Anh / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 26 (2010) 218-223 223 - Assess impacts of climate change scenarios on rainfall-runoff...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2017, 18:41

... and then decreases with the increase of rainfall 3.3.5 Climate Change 37 Water is the first sector to be affected by climate change Climate change affects the hydrological cycle, which leads to ... main questions: Why is a vulnerability assessment is important? How can we assess the vulnerability of the island? And, what are the main objectives of a vulnerability assessment in this study? ... importance of the influence of climate change and the pressures of environmental change to freshwater resources on the island Chapter four identifies methods to assess the vulnerability of freshwater...

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2017, 17:23

... the degree of climate change Adaptation is essential to cope with the climate change we cannot avoid now and in the near future, while mitigation would limit the exten of the climate change over ... CONCLUSION Vietnam climate change and variability are a part of global climate change, if it occurs will definitely effect agriculture In Vietnam the change and variability of climate elements ... be investigated in future IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ON AGRICULTURE In order to study impacts of climate change and variability or extreme climate event (Elnino, Lanina) on rice...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2012, 15:10

... Novocheriomushkinskaia, 42a, 117418 Moscow, Russia Climate change is a serious environmental hazard that affects communities and economies worldwide Many of the impacts of climate change are already in place with ... mainstream interpretation of climate change, assuming the human contribution to this change amounts to as much as two-thirds of the total with the confidence range of this assessment reaching 0.91,1 ... involves decreasing the degree of uncertainty about the above-mentioned implications of climate change and climate change itself This calls for more investment of human and pecuniary resources in Earth...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... 175 Linking disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation It has become apparent that climate change will not only be expressed through slow-onset changes in trends and average conditions ... obstructions in understanding and combating climate change is the multitude of uncertainty surrounding climate change issues From indentifying underlying drivers of vulnerability, to understanding the ... been the pivotal issue for many climate change experts, CCA is now widely acknowledged as necessary for responding effectively and equitably to the impacts of climate change In recent years, CCA...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) , 2007 Climate Change 2007: ... http:// climate- l.org/2009/04/29/ipcc-to-prepare-specialreport-on-extreme-events-and-disasters/ IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) , 2001 Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability ... Ecology and Systematics, – 23 Huq, S and Klein, R J T., 2003 Adaptation to Climate Change: Why and How SciDev.Net Climate Change Dossier, Policy brief www.scidev.net/dossiers/index cfm?fuseaction¼printarticle&dossier¼4&policy¼44...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:56

... leads to a meaningful chance that landfall numbers have indeed changed, based on the changes to overall basin activity, but that those changes cannot be detected at a statistically significant level ... predicted on timescales of a year or more The very public and sometimes acrimonious debate over climate change includes some who posit a straightforward relationship between increasing SSTs and increasing ... NATL activity Presently, and indeed for the foreseeable future, debate over the effects of climate change on hurricane activity will remain contested (Pielke et al., 2005) Risk Management Solutions...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... context of a new international agreement post-2012 Keywords: climate change risks; GHG mitigation; UK climate policy Background Climate change is arguably the biggest environmental hazard of our ... severity of climate change The faster-than-expected pace of observed climate change, a better understanding of feedback effects and a greater awareness of potentially abrupt or irreversible change ... inaugural report of the UK Committee on Climate Change SAMUEL FANKHAUSER1, *, DAVID KENNEDY2 AND JIM SKEA3 Grantham Research Institute and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... cross-sectoral perspective Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Cambridge ... 2001 Lines of evidence for vulnerability of climate change: a synthesis Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the ... Cambridge, UK CCC (Committee on Climate Change) , 2008 Building a Low Carbon Economy: The UK’s Contribution to Tackling Climate Change The First Report of the Committee on Climate Change, December TSO,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57

... if climate change results in an increased frequency or severity of natural hazards (Botzen and van den Bergh, 2009a) If changes in households’ WTP under climate change develop in line with changes ... weather events complicates the assessment of climate change impacts on loss trends Moreover, considerable uncertainty is associated with projected effects of climate change on natural disasters ... depend on the magnitude and rate of change of the climate; large changes that occur rapidly may be difficult to accommodate Large regional variations exist in climate change impacts indicating that...

Ngày tải lên: 07/10/2012, 15:57