Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper

The Caribbean region suffers major economic losses from natural hazards such as flooding due to storms, cyclones, extreme waves, winds and precipitation, coastal erosion, volcanic eruptions and landslides. Consequently, as typical at most small coastal states, when a disaster strikes, a large par...

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Main Authors:	Giardino, Alessio, Leijnse, Tim, Torres Duenas, Luisa, Athanasiou, Panos, Haasnoot, Marjolijn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT FLOOD RISK HAZARD RISK NATURAL DISASTER BEACH EROSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/599791635297691305/360-Resilience-A-Guide-to-Prepare-the-Caribbean-for-a-New-Generation-of-Shocks-Assessing-the-Impact-of-Sea-Level-Rise-and-Resilience-Potential-in-the-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36417

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spelling	okr-10986-364172021-10-30T09:22:27Z Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper Giardino, Alessio Leijnse, Tim Torres Duenas, Luisa Athanasiou, Panos Haasnoot, Marjolijn SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT FLOOD RISK HAZARD RISK NATURAL DISASTER BEACH EROSION The Caribbean region suffers major economic losses from natural hazards such as flooding due to storms, cyclones, extreme waves, winds and precipitation, coastal erosion, volcanic eruptions and landslides. Consequently, as typical at most small coastal states, when a disaster strikes, a large part of the population, infrastructure and businesses, generally concentrated in the coastal areas, are directly or indirectly affected. Climate change and sea level rise (SLR), in combination with socio-economic growth, are likely to exacerbate this situation, which is already critical for many of these countries. In particular, the effect of SLR will lead to more frequent and intense flooding events and chronical coastal erosion, with a direct effect on the local and regional economies. In this study, a regional estimation of the effects of SLR in terms of coastal flooding and erosion of sandy beaches was carried out for 18 countries in the Caribbean with the aim of deriving proxies to evaluate the resilient potential of each country and their potential to adaptation. The (change in) risk resulting from SLR was estimated until 2100 under different SLR scenarios and socio-economic pathways. 2021-10-27T20:02:26Z 2021-10-27T20:02:26Z 2020-09-22 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/599791635297691305/360-Resilience-A-Guide-to-Prepare-the-Caribbean-for-a-New-Generation-of-Shocks-Assessing-the-Impact-of-Sea-Level-Rise-and-Resilience-Potential-in-the-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36417 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean
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topic	SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT FLOOD RISK HAZARD RISK NATURAL DISASTER BEACH EROSION
spellingShingle	SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT FLOOD RISK HAZARD RISK NATURAL DISASTER BEACH EROSION Giardino, Alessio Leijnse, Tim Torres Duenas, Luisa Athanasiou, Panos Haasnoot, Marjolijn Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
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description	The Caribbean region suffers major economic losses from natural hazards such as flooding due to storms, cyclones, extreme waves, winds and precipitation, coastal erosion, volcanic eruptions and landslides. Consequently, as typical at most small coastal states, when a disaster strikes, a large part of the population, infrastructure and businesses, generally concentrated in the coastal areas, are directly or indirectly affected. Climate change and sea level rise (SLR), in combination with socio-economic growth, are likely to exacerbate this situation, which is already critical for many of these countries. In particular, the effect of SLR will lead to more frequent and intense flooding events and chronical coastal erosion, with a direct effect on the local and regional economies. In this study, a regional estimation of the effects of SLR in terms of coastal flooding and erosion of sandy beaches was carried out for 18 countries in the Caribbean with the aim of deriving proxies to evaluate the resilient potential of each country and their potential to adaptation. The (change in) risk resulting from SLR was estimated until 2100 under different SLR scenarios and socio-economic pathways.
format	Working Paper
author	Giardino, Alessio Leijnse, Tim Torres Duenas, Luisa Athanasiou, Panos Haasnoot, Marjolijn
author_facet	Giardino, Alessio Leijnse, Tim Torres Duenas, Luisa Athanasiou, Panos Haasnoot, Marjolijn
author_sort	Giardino, Alessio
title	Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
title_short	Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
title_full	Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
title_fullStr	Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Impact of Sea Level Rise and Resilience Potential in the Caribbean : 360° Resilience Background Paper
title_sort	assessing the impact of sea level rise and resilience potential in the caribbean : 360° resilience background paper
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/599791635297691305/360-Resilience-A-Guide-to-Prepare-the-Caribbean-for-a-New-Generation-of-Shocks-Assessing-the-Impact-of-Sea-Level-Rise-and-Resilience-Potential-in-the-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36417
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