The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate

The Cost of Adapting to Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate

Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Situated in the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) rivers, the country is exposed to a range of river and rainwater flood hazards due to climate variability, t...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Dhaka 2017
Subjects:
AFFORESTATION
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
BANKS
BASES
BUILDING CODES
CAPITAL COST
CASUALTIES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE FUND
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM
CLIMATE CHANGE RISK
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO
CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE HAZARD
CLIMATE HAZARDS
CLIMATE PROOFING
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RISK SCREENING
CLIMATE RISKS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
CLIMATE- CHANGE
CLIMATE- CHANGE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIO
CLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE-PROOF
CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
COLORS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
COST ESTIMATES
CYCLONE ACTIVITY
CYCLONE TRACKS
CYCLONES
CYCLONIC STORM
CYCLONIC STORMS
DAMAGES
DEVASTATION
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RELIEF
DISASTER RISKS
DROUGHTS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
EMERGENCY SHELTERS
EMISSION
EMISSIONS SCENARIO
EROSION CONTROL
EVACUATION
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FARMERS
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOOD FORECASTING
FLOOD PROTECTION
FLOODED
FLOODING
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE
GLOBAL WARMING
HEAT WAVE
HEAVY RAINFALL
HYDROLOGICAL DATA
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCREASE IN WIND SPEED
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INTENSITY OF CYCLONES
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
IRON
LAND SURFACE
MANGROVE FOREST
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
MONSOON
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
NEGOTIATIONS
PALEOCLIMATE
PRECIPITATION
PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINWATER
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL
RELIEF OPERATIONS
RISK EXPOSURE
RISKS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SEASON
SEVERE WEATHER
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS
STORM SURGE
STORM SURGES
STORMS
SUPER CYCLONES
SUPER CYCLONIC STORM
SURFACE DATA
SURFACE RUNOFF
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURGE HEIGHT
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE RISE
TIDAL WAVES
TOTAL COST
TOTAL DAMAGES
TROPICAL CYCLONE
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS
TROPICAL STORMS
TROPICS
UNCERTAINTIES
WIND
WIND SPEED
WIND STRESS
WIND VELOCITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716231468014361142/The-cost-of-adapting-to-extreme-weather-events-in-a-changing-climate
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26890

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/716231468014361142/The-cost-of-adapting-to-extreme-weather-events-in-a-changing-climate
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26890

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