World Bank2013-03-212013-03-212011-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12823Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program. The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the East Asia region to better understand the concepts and consequences of climate change; how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities; and what is being done by city governments in East Asia and around the world to actively engage in learning capacity building, and capital investment programs for building sustainable, resilient communities. This local resilience action plan (LRAP) had four parts. Part one investigated natural hazards weather observations and climate models. Seven key climatic parameters were selected: temperature, rainfall, drought, heat wave, flood, tropical cyclone, and sea level rise. Part two examined how the city functions, and pursues socio-economic development through a city vulnerability assessment. The qualitative, city vulnerability assessment was based on five sectors- people, infrastructure, environment, economy, and government. Each sector was analyzed extensively on a range of issues, and compared to other similar Chinese cities to more accurately judge its performances. Part three is the gap analysis. It was performed to understand the government actions and their effectiveness to respond to natural disasters, and whether the current and planned policies and programs address the current and future climate change impacts and natural disasters. This part was supported by the following inventories: inventory of natural disasters, and inventory of policies and programs. Part four therefore was to develop recommendations for each of the city vulnerability sectors. The 70 plus recommendations are specific to Ningbo's vulnerabilities and risks. They are described briefly, intended to serve as an introduction. Feasibility studies are recommended before further action or implementation.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTUREAIRAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYAMOUNT OF RAINFALLANNUAL CHANGEANNUAL PRECIPITATIONANNUAL VARIATIONSAVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALLAVERAGE RAINFALLAWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGEBAYBIODIVERSITYBRIDGEBUSESCAPITAL INVESTMENTCARCAR OWNERSHIPCARBONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON FUELSCARSCHEMICALSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESSCLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONSCLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCESCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATIONCLIMATE CHANGE MODELLINGCLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCECLIMATE CHANGE RISKCLIMATE CHANGE RISKSCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE FORECASTSCLIMATE MODELLINGCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE RESILIENCECLIMATE SCENARIOCLIMATE VULNERABILITYCLIMATIC PARAMETERSCOCOALCOASTCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL EROSIONCOMBAT CLIMATE CHANGECONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGECONSTRUCTIONCROPSCULTURAL HERITAGEDAMAGESDATA COLLECTIONDIESELDIESEL OILDIESEL VEHICLESDISINFECTIONDRAINAGEDRAINAGE SYSTEMSDROUGHTECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC IMPACTSELECTRICITYEMISSIONEMISSION SCENARIOENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY MIXENERGY SAVINGSENERGY SECURITYENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEVAPORATIONEXCESSIVE RAINFALLEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTEXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFEASIBILITYFINANCIAL INCENTIVESFLOOD CONTROLFLOODINGFLOODSFORECAST TEMPERATUREFORESTFOREST COVERAGEFOREST LANDFUELFUEL OILFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEGASGASOLINEGCMGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMGLOBAL WARMINGGREEN AREASHEAVY RAINSHIGHWAYHIGHWAYSHOUSINGIMAGESIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPORTSINCINERATIONINCREASE IN WIND SPEEDINFRASTRUCTURESINSURANCEIPCCIRONLAND AREALAND SUBSIDENCELAND USELANDFILLLANDFILLSLANESLIQUEFIED NATURAL GASLNGMAXIMUM TEMPERATUREMAXIMUM WIND SPEEDMEAN TEMPERATUREMETEOROLOGYMINIMUM TEMPERATUREMINIMUM TEMPERATURESMITIGATIONMONSOON CLIMATEMOTOR VEHICLEMOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIPMOTOR VEHICLESMOTORWAYSNATURAL GASPER CAPITA INCOMEPETROLEUMPOLICEPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPORT AUTHORITYPOWER PLANTSPOWER STATIONSPRECIPITATIONPRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLESPUBLIC AWARENESSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC TRANSPORTRAILRAILWAYRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONRAINFALL INTENSITYRAINFALL VARIATIONSRAINFALL VOLUMERAINWATERRAINY DAYSRAINY SEASONRANGESREGIONAL TRANSPORTRESERVOIRRESERVOIRSRISK MANAGEMENTRIVERROADROAD NETWORKROADSSATELLITE IMAGESEA LEVEL RISESEA WALLSSTORM EVENTSTORM SURGESTORM SURGESSTORMSSUBWAYSUBWAY LINESSUNSHINESURFACE RUNOFFTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURE RECORDTEMPERATURE RISETEMPERATURE SCENARIOSTEMPERATURESTEMPORAL SCALETEMPORAL SCALESTHUNDERSTORMSTIDAL FLATSTOPOGRAPHYTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRANSPORTTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION NETWORKTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMTROPICAL CYCLONETROPICAL CYCLONESTROPICAL STORMTRUCKSTYPHOONSUNCERTAINTIESUNDERGROUNDUNDERGROUND WATERURBAN SYSTEMSVEHICLEVEHICLE OWNERSHIPVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER TREATMENTWAVESWEALTHWETLANDWETLAND LOSSWETLANDSWINDWIND ENERGYWIND SPEEDWIND SPEEDSWINDSWorld Bank10.1596/12823