Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Cyclones in a Changing Climate : Potential Damages and Adaptation Cost

Vulnerability of Bangladesh to Cyclones in a Changing Climate : Potential Damages and Adaptation Cost

This paper integrates information on climate change, hydrodynamic models, and geographic overlays to assess the vulnerability of coastal areas in Bangladesh to larger storm surges and sea-level rise by 2050. The approach identifies polders (diked a...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Huq, Mainul, Khan, Zahirul Huq, Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid, Mukherjee, Nandan, Khan, Malik Fida, Pandey, Kiran
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCIDENT
AFFORESTATION
AIR
AIR TEMPERATURE
ANNUAL COST
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
BASES
BUILDING CODES
CASUALTIES
CASUALTY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLIMATES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CLIMATOLOGY
CONCENTRATES
CONDENSATION
CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
COST ESTIMATES
CYCLONE ACTIVITY
CYCLONE EVENTS
CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS
CYCLONE TRACKS
CYCLONES
CYCLONIC STORMS
DAMAGES
DEVASTATION
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISKS
DISASTERS
EARLY WARNING
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ELECTRICITY
EMERGENCY SHELTER
EMERGENCY SHELTERS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVACUATION
EVACUATIONS
FATALITIES
FATALITY
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOODS
FOREST
FORESTS
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
HUMIDITY
HURRICANE
HURRICANE INTENSITY
HURRICANES
ICE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCOME
INCREASE IN WIND SPEED
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE
INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
LAND SURFACE
MAJOR HURRICANES
MANGROVE FOREST
MANGROVE FORESTS
MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH
METEOROLOGY
MONSOON
MORTALITY RISK
NATURAL HAZARDS
OCEANS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POWER PLANTS
POWER SECTOR
PP
PRECIPITATION
PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE
RAINFALL
RAINY SEASON
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SEA-LEVEL
SEA-LEVEL RISE
STORM SURGE
STORM SURGE INUNDATION
STORM SURGE MODEL
STORM SURGES
STORM TRACKS
STORMS
SUPER CYCLONES
SUPER CYCLONIC STORM
SURFACE DATA
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SURGE FLOODING
SURGE HEIGHT
TIDAL WAVES
TOTAL COST
TOTAL DAMAGES
TROPICAL CYCLONE
TROPICAL CYCLONES
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS
TROPICAL STORMS
TROPOSPHERE
TSUNAMIS
UPPER ATMOSPHERE
WIND
WIND SPEED
WIND SPEEDS
WIND STRESS
WIND VELOCITY
WINDS
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3767

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3767

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