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North Africa Coastal Cities Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-20T20:27:06Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-20T20:27:06Z
dc.date.issued 2011-06
dc.description.abstract North Africa's coastal cities, long benefitting from their ready access to commerce and culture, also face distinct vulnerabilities due to their location. Natural hazards and extreme weather patterns impose risks on coastal areas that inland areas seldom encounter. North Africa's increasingly populous cities face tangible risks today, but these will be amplified as the impacts of global climate change further manifest themselves over the decades to come. The study, 'climate change adaptation and natural disasters preparedness in the coastal cities of North Africa,' analyzed the exposure of all four locations to natural disasters, such as floods and storm surges, earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as to the increasingly frequent weather extremes associated with climate change. The project, which has taken place from June 2009 to June 2011, has provided tools for evaluating the risks, costing out potential losses, and moving toward specific reforms and investments designed to adapt the cities to a changing climate and increase their resilience to natural hazards. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/19459850/north-africa-coastal-cities-address-natural-disasters-climate-change-summary-regional-study
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18708
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AIR
dc.subject ASPECTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE
dc.subject AVERAGE RAINFALL
dc.subject BASINS
dc.subject BEACH
dc.subject BEACHES
dc.subject CIVIL DEFENSE
dc.subject CLIMATE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
dc.subject CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject CLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subject CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS
dc.subject CLIMATE-RELATED VULNERABILITIES
dc.subject CLIMATIC SHIFTS
dc.subject COAST
dc.subject COASTAL AREAS
dc.subject COASTAL EROSION
dc.subject COASTAL ZONE
dc.subject COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject COASTAL ZONES
dc.subject CONSERVATION
dc.subject CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject DAMAGES
dc.subject DECREASE IN RAINFALL
dc.subject DIKES
dc.subject DISASTER
dc.subject DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject DISASTER PREVENTION
dc.subject DISASTER RESPONSE
dc.subject DISASTER RISK
dc.subject DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject DISASTER RISKS
dc.subject DISCHARGE
dc.subject DRAINAGE
dc.subject DRAINAGE BASINS
dc.subject DRAINAGE FACILITIES
dc.subject DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subject DRY SUMMERS
dc.subject EARLY WARNING
dc.subject EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
dc.subject EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EMERGENCY RESPONSE
dc.subject EPHEMERAL STREAMS
dc.subject EXTREME EPISODES
dc.subject EXTREME PRECIPITATION
dc.subject EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME RAINFALL
dc.subject EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS
dc.subject EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject FLOOD
dc.subject FLOOD LEVELS
dc.subject FLOOD PROTECTION
dc.subject FLOODING
dc.subject FLOODPRONE AREAS
dc.subject FLOODS
dc.subject FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subject GLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subject GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject HEAT WAVES
dc.subject HEAVY RAINFALL
dc.subject HEAVY RAINS
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject LAKES
dc.subject LAND SUBSIDENCE
dc.subject LAND USE
dc.subject LANDSLIDES
dc.subject LOCAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject METEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subject METEOROLOGY
dc.subject MITIGATION
dc.subject NATIONAL SCALE
dc.subject NATURAL CATASTROPHES
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTER
dc.subject NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject PLANNING PROCESS
dc.subject PRECIPITATION
dc.subject PRECIPITATION EVENTS
dc.subject PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject RAIN
dc.subject RAINFALL EVENTS
dc.subject RAINWATER
dc.subject RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL AREAS
dc.subject RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.subject RIVER
dc.subject RUNOFF
dc.subject RUNOFF VOLUMES
dc.subject SAND
dc.subject SAND BEACHES
dc.subject SATELLITE IMAGES
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SEA DEFENCES
dc.subject SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject SEA-LEVEL
dc.subject SEA-LEVEL RISE
dc.subject SHORE
dc.subject SLUM
dc.subject SLUMS
dc.subject SOILS
dc.subject STORM
dc.subject STORM SURGES
dc.subject STORMS
dc.subject TEMPERATURE
dc.subject TEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subject TEMPERATURES
dc.subject TSUNAMI
dc.subject TSUNAMIS
dc.subject URBAN STRUCTURES
dc.subject WARMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subject WEATHER EXTREMES
dc.subject WETLANDS
dc.subject WINDS
dc.title North Africa Coastal Cities Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Climate Change
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.disclosure 2014-05-08
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/19459850/north-africa-coastal-cities-address-natural-disasters-climate-change-summary-regional-study
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Environment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20140508122630
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 19459850
okr.identifier.report 87935
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.geographical North Africa
okr.topic Water Resources :: Wetlands
okr.topic Science and Technology Development :: Science of Climate Change
okr.topic Environment :: Natural Disasters
okr.topic Conflict and Development :: Disaster Management
okr.topic Urban Development :: Hazard Risk Management
okr.unit Urban Dev. & Services Prac 2 (AFTU2)
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