North Africa Coastal Cities Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change

North Africa Coastal Cities Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change

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 a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AIR ASPECTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE AVERAGE RAINFALL BASINS BEACH BEACHES CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE-CHANGE CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATE-RELATED VULNERABILITIES CLIMATIC SHIFTS COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL EROSION COASTAL ZONE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTAL ZONES CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION DAMAGES DECREASE IN RAINFALL DIKES DISASTER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISCHARGE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE BASINS DRAINAGE FACILITIES DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRY SUMMERS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE EPHEMERAL STREAMS EXTREME EPISODES EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME RAINFALL EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FLOOD FLOOD LEVELS FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODPRONE AREAS FLOODS FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE HEAT WAVES HEAVY RAINFALL HEAVY RAINS HOUSING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE LAKES LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USE LANDSLIDES LOCAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGICAL DATA METEOROLOGY MITIGATION NATIONAL SCALE NATURAL CATASTROPHES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS PLANNING PROCESS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PREVENTIVE ACTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH RAIN RAINFALL EVENTS RAINWATER RECONSTRUCTION RESIDENTIAL AREAS RISK ASSESSMENT RIVER RUNOFF RUNOFF VOLUMES SAND SAND BEACHES SATELLITE IMAGES SAVINGS SEA DEFENCES SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SHORE SLUM SLUMS SOILS STORM STORM SURGES STORMS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBAN STRUCTURES WARMER TEMPERATURES WEATHER EXTREMES WETLANDS WINDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/19459850/north-africa-coastal-cities-address-natural-disasters-climate-change-summary-regional-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18708

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/19459850/north-africa-coastal-cities-address-natural-disasters-climate-change-summary-regional-study
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18708

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