Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
Adaptation to climate change includes addressing sea level rise and increased storm surges in many coastal areas. Mangroves can substantially reduce the vulnerability of the adjacent coastal land from inundation and erosion. However, climate change...
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okr-10986-241422021-04-23T14:04:19Z Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Lange, Glenn-Marie FLOODING FISH WETLAND RESTORATION LAND USES ANNUAL LOSS RATE LAND USES COASTAL HABITATS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHY WETLAND LOSSES ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES STORMS COASTAL PROCESSES STUDY AREA HABITATS MONITORING SURFACE WATER SHORELINES FLOOD PROTECTION AGRICULTURAL FIELDS SEA LEVEL RISE COASTAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS MANGROVES COASTAL ZONE QUALITY COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST FLOOR LAND COVER WINDS SHORE STREAM SATELLITE DATA BIOMASS COASTAL RESEARCH SEDIMENT WILDLIFE COASTAL ZONES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAND SUBSIDENCE STUDY AREA SEDIMENTS FLOODS SEA LEVEL RISE CONTAMINANTS STORM SURGES CONSTRUCTION WATER COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL EROSION HABITAT CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY DRAINAGE BASIN SPECIES REEF WAVES SEA LEVEL RISE DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE PEAT ANNUAL LOSS RATE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS TIDAL WATERS LAND AREA PRECIPITATION CLASSIFICATION COASTAL AREAS COASTAL MANGROVE SUBTIDAL ZONES STORM SURGE LAND USE TIDAL WATERS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE COASTAL EROSION LAND COVER REMOTE SENSING RANGES WATERSHEDS FRESH WATER LEAD MARSH VEGETATION STUDIES PLANTATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CLIMATE CHANGE SHRUBS FRESHWATER WETLAND VEGETATION CLIMATE FORESTS LAND AREA MARSHES SEA‐LEVEL RISE COASTAL AREAS FOREST SUBTIDAL ZONES PONDS CORAL REEF DIKES ESTUARINE SALT MARSHES COASTAL PROTECTION FOOD ANNUAL LOSS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IMAGES ISLANDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FISHERIES DATA SETS CORAL TIDAL STAGE COASTAL ZONES BOTANY EROSION COASTS OCEANS LAND LAND SUBSIDENCE ECOSYSTEMS SALINITY ANALYSIS MANGROVE COAST OBSERVATIONS ISLAND GROUNDWATER ESTUARIES MITIGATION TIDAL STAGE CONSERVATION WETLAND SHALLOW‐WATER ECOLOGY SALT MARSH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS WETLANDS ECOLOGY ANNUAL LOSS RESTORATION FOREST FLOOR SEA SURFACE WATER WETLAND RESTORATION COASTAL PROCESSES WETLANDS SEA LEVEL SATELLITE DATA FRESH‐WATER RIVER REMOTE SENSING Adaptation to climate change includes addressing sea level rise and increased storm surges in many coastal areas. Mangroves can substantially reduce the vulnerability of the adjacent coastal land from inundation and erosion. However, climate change poses a large threat to mangroves. This paper quantifies the coastal protection provided by mangroves for 42 developing countries in the current climate, and a future climate change scenario with a one-meter sea level rise and 10 percent intensification of storms. The benefits of the coastal protection provided by mangroves are measured in terms of population and gross domestic product at a reduced risk from inundation; the loss of benefits under climate change is measured as the increased population and gross domestic product at risk. The findings demonstrate that although sea level rise and increased storm intensity would increase storm surge areas and the amounts of built resources at risk, the greatest impact is the expected loss of mangroves. Under current climate and mangrove coverage, 3.5 million people and roughly $400 million in gross domestic product of are at risk. In the future climate change scenario, the vulnerable population and gross domestic product at risk would increase by 103 and 233 percent, respectively. The greatest risk is in East Asia, especially in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Myanmar. 2016-04-26T15:53:42Z 2016-04-26T15:53:42Z 2016-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26067772/mangroves-protection-storm-surges-changing-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24142 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7596 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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FLOODING FISH WETLAND RESTORATION LAND USES ANNUAL LOSS RATE LAND USES COASTAL HABITATS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHY WETLAND LOSSES ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES STORMS COASTAL PROCESSES STUDY AREA HABITATS MONITORING SURFACE WATER SHORELINES FLOOD PROTECTION AGRICULTURAL FIELDS SEA LEVEL RISE COASTAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS MANGROVES COASTAL ZONE QUALITY COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST FLOOR LAND COVER WINDS SHORE STREAM SATELLITE DATA BIOMASS COASTAL RESEARCH SEDIMENT WILDLIFE COASTAL ZONES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAND SUBSIDENCE STUDY AREA SEDIMENTS FLOODS SEA LEVEL RISE CONTAMINANTS STORM SURGES CONSTRUCTION WATER COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL EROSION HABITAT CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY DRAINAGE BASIN SPECIES REEF WAVES SEA LEVEL RISE DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE PEAT ANNUAL LOSS RATE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS TIDAL WATERS LAND AREA PRECIPITATION CLASSIFICATION COASTAL AREAS COASTAL MANGROVE SUBTIDAL ZONES STORM SURGE LAND USE TIDAL WATERS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE COASTAL EROSION LAND COVER REMOTE SENSING RANGES WATERSHEDS FRESH WATER LEAD MARSH VEGETATION STUDIES PLANTATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CLIMATE CHANGE SHRUBS FRESHWATER WETLAND VEGETATION CLIMATE FORESTS LAND AREA MARSHES SEA‐LEVEL RISE COASTAL AREAS FOREST SUBTIDAL ZONES PONDS CORAL REEF DIKES ESTUARINE SALT MARSHES COASTAL PROTECTION FOOD ANNUAL LOSS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IMAGES ISLANDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FISHERIES DATA SETS CORAL TIDAL STAGE COASTAL ZONES BOTANY EROSION COASTS OCEANS LAND LAND SUBSIDENCE ECOSYSTEMS SALINITY ANALYSIS MANGROVE COAST OBSERVATIONS ISLAND GROUNDWATER ESTUARIES MITIGATION TIDAL STAGE CONSERVATION WETLAND SHALLOW‐WATER ECOLOGY SALT MARSH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS WETLANDS ECOLOGY ANNUAL LOSS RESTORATION FOREST FLOOR SEA SURFACE WATER WETLAND RESTORATION COASTAL PROCESSES WETLANDS SEA LEVEL SATELLITE DATA FRESH‐WATER RIVER REMOTE SENSING |
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FLOODING FISH WETLAND RESTORATION LAND USES ANNUAL LOSS RATE LAND USES COASTAL HABITATS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPOGRAPHY WETLAND LOSSES ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES STORMS COASTAL PROCESSES STUDY AREA HABITATS MONITORING SURFACE WATER SHORELINES FLOOD PROTECTION AGRICULTURAL FIELDS SEA LEVEL RISE COASTAL ZONE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS MANGROVES COASTAL ZONE QUALITY COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST FLOOR LAND COVER WINDS SHORE STREAM SATELLITE DATA BIOMASS COASTAL RESEARCH SEDIMENT WILDLIFE COASTAL ZONES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAND SUBSIDENCE STUDY AREA SEDIMENTS FLOODS SEA LEVEL RISE CONTAMINANTS STORM SURGES CONSTRUCTION WATER COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL EROSION HABITAT CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY DRAINAGE BASIN SPECIES REEF WAVES SEA LEVEL RISE DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS INDICATORS CLIMATE CHANGE PEAT ANNUAL LOSS RATE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS TIDAL WATERS LAND AREA PRECIPITATION CLASSIFICATION COASTAL AREAS COASTAL MANGROVE SUBTIDAL ZONES STORM SURGE LAND USE TIDAL WATERS COMMUNITY STRUCTURE COASTAL EROSION LAND COVER REMOTE SENSING RANGES WATERSHEDS FRESH WATER LEAD MARSH VEGETATION STUDIES PLANTATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CLIMATE CHANGE SHRUBS FRESHWATER WETLAND VEGETATION CLIMATE FORESTS LAND AREA MARSHES SEA‐LEVEL RISE COASTAL AREAS FOREST SUBTIDAL ZONES PONDS CORAL REEF DIKES ESTUARINE SALT MARSHES COASTAL PROTECTION FOOD ANNUAL LOSS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IMAGES ISLANDS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FISHERIES DATA SETS CORAL TIDAL STAGE COASTAL ZONES BOTANY EROSION COASTS OCEANS LAND LAND SUBSIDENCE ECOSYSTEMS SALINITY ANALYSIS MANGROVE COAST OBSERVATIONS ISLAND GROUNDWATER ESTUARIES MITIGATION TIDAL STAGE CONSERVATION WETLAND SHALLOW‐WATER ECOLOGY SALT MARSH COMMUNITY STRUCTURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS WETLANDS ECOLOGY ANNUAL LOSS RESTORATION FOREST FLOOR SEA SURFACE WATER WETLAND RESTORATION COASTAL PROCESSES WETLANDS SEA LEVEL SATELLITE DATA FRESH‐WATER RIVER REMOTE SENSING Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Lange, Glenn-Marie Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
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Adaptation to climate change includes
addressing sea level rise and increased storm surges in many
coastal areas. Mangroves can substantially reduce the
vulnerability of the adjacent coastal land from inundation
and erosion. However, climate change poses a large threat to
mangroves. This paper quantifies the coastal protection
provided by mangroves for 42 developing countries in the
current climate, and a future climate change scenario with a
one-meter sea level rise and 10 percent intensification of
storms. The benefits of the coastal protection provided by
mangroves are measured in terms of population and gross
domestic product at a reduced risk from inundation; the loss
of benefits under climate change is measured as the
increased population and gross domestic product at risk. The
findings demonstrate that although sea level rise and
increased storm intensity would increase storm surge areas
and the amounts of built resources at risk, the greatest
impact is the expected loss of mangroves. Under current
climate and mangrove coverage, 3.5 million people and
roughly $400 million in gross domestic product of are at
risk. In the future climate change scenario, the vulnerable
population and gross domestic product at risk would increase
by 103 and 233 percent, respectively. The greatest risk is
in East Asia, especially in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Myanmar. |
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Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Lange, Glenn-Marie |
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Blankespoor, Brian Dasgupta, Susmita Lange, Glenn-Marie |
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Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
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Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
title_full |
Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
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Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
title_full_unstemmed |
Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate |
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mangroves as protection from storm surges in a changing climate |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26067772/mangroves-protection-storm-surges-changing-climate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24142 |
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