Assessing climate change impacts,sea level rise and storm surge risk in port cities: a case study on Copenhagen |
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| Authors: | Stéphane Hallegatte Nicola Ranger Olivier Mestre Patrice Dumas Jan Corfee-Morlot Celine Herweijer Robert Muir Wood |
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| Institution: | 1.Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement,Paris,France;2.Ecole Nationale de la Météorologie,Toulouse,France;3.London School of Economics and Political Science,London,UK;4.Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment,London,UK;5.Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development,Paris,France;6.Risk Management Solutions Limited,London,UK |
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| Abstract: | This study illustrates a methodology to assess the economic impacts of climate change at a city scale and benefits of adaptation,
taking the case of sea level rise and storm surge risk in the city of Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. The approach is a simplified
catastrophe risk assessment, to calculate the direct costs of storm surges under scenarios of sea level rise, coupled to an
economic input–output (IO) model. The output is a risk assessment of the direct and indirect economic impacts of storm surge
under climate change, including, for example, production and job losses and reconstruction duration, and the benefits of investment
in upgraded sea defences. The simplified catastrophe risk assessment entails a statistical analysis of storm surge characteristics,
geographical-information analysis of population and asset exposure combined with aggregated vulnerability information. For
the city of Copenhagen, it is found that in absence of adaptation, sea level rise would significantly increase flood risks.
Results call for the introduction of adaptation in long-term urban planning, as one part of a comprehensive strategy to manage
the implications of climate change in the city. Mitigation policies can also aid adaptation by limiting the pace of future
sea level rise. |
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