Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage
Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5 meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood prone countries in the world. Severe flooding during a monsoon causes significant damage to crops and property, with severe adverse impacts on rural liv...
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ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BANKS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CONGESTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CULVERTS CYCLONIC STORM DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER RELIEF DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GLOBAL WARMING HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGICAL YEAR IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LA NINA LAND USE LENGTH OF ROAD LENGTH OF ROADS MOBILITY MONSOONS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATURAL DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PEAK PERIOD POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PP PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL TRACK RAIL TRACKS RAILWAY RAILWAYS RAIN RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL RUNOFF RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISK EXPOSURES ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TYPE ROADS ROADWAY RURAL ROADS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEASON STORM STORM SURGES SURFACE RUNOFF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE INCREASE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOTAL DAMAGES TRAINS TRANSPORT TYPES OF ROADS |
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ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BANKS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CONGESTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CULVERTS CYCLONIC STORM DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER RELIEF DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GLOBAL WARMING HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGICAL YEAR IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LA NINA LAND USE LENGTH OF ROAD LENGTH OF ROADS MOBILITY MONSOONS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATURAL DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PEAK PERIOD POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PP PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL TRACK RAIL TRACKS RAILWAY RAILWAYS RAIN RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL RUNOFF RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISK EXPOSURES ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TYPE ROADS ROADWAY RURAL ROADS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEASON STORM STORM SURGES SURFACE RUNOFF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE INCREASE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOTAL DAMAGES TRAINS TRANSPORT TYPES OF ROADS Dasgupta, Susmita Huq, Mainul Khan, Zahirul Huq Masud, Md. Sohel Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid Mukherjee, Nandan Pandey, Kiran Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5
meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood
prone countries in the world. Severe flooding during a
monsoon causes significant damage to crops and property,
with severe adverse impacts on rural livelihoods. Future
climate change seems likely to increase the destructive
power of monsoon floods. This paper examines the potential
cost of offsetting increased flooding risk from climate
change, based on simulations from a climate model of extreme
floods out to 2050. Using the 1998 flood as a benchmark for
evaluating additional protection measures, the authors
calculate conservatively that necessary capital investments
out to 2050 would total US$2,671 million (at 2009 prices) to
protect roads and railways, river embankments surrounding
agricultural lands, and drainage systems and erosion control
measures for major towns. With gradual climate change,
however, required investments would be phased. Beyond these
capital-intensive investments, improved policies, planning
and institutions are essential to ensure that such
investments are used correctly and yield the expected
benefits. Particular attention is needed to the robustness
of benefits from large-scale fixed capital investments.
Investments in increased understanding of risk-mitigation
options and in economic mobility will have especially high returns. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Huq, Mainul Khan, Zahirul Huq Masud, Md. Sohel Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid Mukherjee, Nandan Pandey, Kiran |
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Dasgupta, Susmita Huq, Mainul Khan, Zahirul Huq Masud, Md. Sohel Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid Mukherjee, Nandan Pandey, Kiran |
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Dasgupta, Susmita |
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Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage |
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climate proofing infrastructure in bangladesh : the incremental cost of limiting future inland monsoon flood damage |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-39502021-04-23T14:02:14Z Climate Proofing Infrastructure in Bangladesh : The Incremental Cost of Limiting Future Inland Monsoon Flood Damage Dasgupta, Susmita Huq, Mainul Khan, Zahirul Huq Masud, Md. Sohel Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid Mukherjee, Nandan Pandey, Kiran ANNUAL PRECIPITATION BANKS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS CLIMATE CHANGE RISK CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE MODEL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK SCREENING CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CONGESTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES CULVERTS CYCLONIC STORM DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER RELIEF DRAINAGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FATALITIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD FORECASTING FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODED FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GLOBAL WARMING HEAVY RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGICAL YEAR IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRON LA NINA LAND USE LENGTH OF ROAD LENGTH OF ROADS MOBILITY MONSOONS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATURAL DISASTERS NEGOTIATIONS PEAK PERIOD POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PP PRECIPITATION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAIL TRACK RAIL TRACKS RAILWAY RAILWAYS RAIN RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL RUNOFF RELIEF OPERATIONS RISK EXPOSURE RISK EXPOSURES ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TYPE ROADS ROADWAY RURAL ROADS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEASON STORM STORM SURGES SURFACE RUNOFF TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE INCREASE TIDAL WAVES TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOTAL DAMAGES TRAINS TRANSPORT TYPES OF ROADS Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5 meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood prone countries in the world. Severe flooding during a monsoon causes significant damage to crops and property, with severe adverse impacts on rural livelihoods. Future climate change seems likely to increase the destructive power of monsoon floods. This paper examines the potential cost of offsetting increased flooding risk from climate change, based on simulations from a climate model of extreme floods out to 2050. Using the 1998 flood as a benchmark for evaluating additional protection measures, the authors calculate conservatively that necessary capital investments out to 2050 would total US$2,671 million (at 2009 prices) to protect roads and railways, river embankments surrounding agricultural lands, and drainage systems and erosion control measures for major towns. With gradual climate change, however, required investments would be phased. Beyond these capital-intensive investments, improved policies, planning and institutions are essential to ensure that such investments are used correctly and yield the expected benefits. Particular attention is needed to the robustness of benefits from large-scale fixed capital investments. Investments in increased understanding of risk-mitigation options and in economic mobility will have especially high returns. 2012-03-19T18:42:43Z 2012-03-19T18:42:43Z 2010-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101108095909 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3950 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5469 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Bangladesh |