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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Main Authors: Blankespoor, Brian, Dasgupta, Susmita, Lange, Glenn-Marie
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7596
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Blankespoor, Brian
Dasgupta, Susmita
Lange, Glenn-Marie
author_facet Blankespoor, Brian
Dasgupta, Susmita
Lange, Glenn-Marie
author_sort Blankespoor, Brian
title Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
title_short Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
title_full Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
title_fullStr Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
title_full_unstemmed Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges in a Changing Climate
title_sort mangroves as protection from storm surges in a changing climate
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url 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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