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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