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Climate change and coastal zones: An overview of the state-of-the-art on regional and local vulnerability assessment

Sterr, Horst; Klein, Richard; Reese, Stefan - 2000

This paper provides an overview of the latest developments in methodologies for assessing the vulnerability of coastal zones to climate change at regional and local scales. The focus of vulnerability assessment in coastal zones used to be on erosion and land loss due to sea-level rise....

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Climate change impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones

Brochier, Frédéric; Ramieri, Emiliano - 2001

Climate change is widely recognised as a serious threat to the world's environment. The Mediterranean basin is considered as a unique scaled down model to assess the severity of potential climate change impacts on coastal zones. The paper examines the regional differences in the vulnerability of...

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The impact of climate change, sea-storm events and land subsidence in the Adriatic

Teatini, Pietro; Gambolati, Giuseppe - 2000

coastal morphodynamics and the flood risk analysis of the lowland involved. In the study area land may subside due to sediment …

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An overview of the vulnerability of Venice to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise

Ramieri, Emiliano - 2000

The scientific community agrees on the fact that climate change and consequent impacts will not be uniform on the planet but will assume specific regional and local characteristics. Some regions of the world will therefore be more vulnerable than others. In this perspective the assessment of a...

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Policy-relevant assessment method of socio-economic impacts of floods: An Italian case study

Farinosi, Fabio; Carrera, Lorenzo; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - 2012

This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river … study is of great interest to those who are interested in estimating the economic impact of flood events. It can also assist … specifically, to help them understand how to reduce social vulnerability to flood events. …

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An economic assessment of the impacts of the MOSE barriers on Venice port activities

Vergano, Lucia; Umgiesser, Georg; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010

Due to its hydro-geological features, the lagoon of Venice is especially vulnerable to climate change. In particular, it is strongly affected by gradual global warming that brings about the so-called 'acqua alta' (high water) phenomenon with greater frequency and intensity. In order to protect...

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Assessment of climatic change impacts on coastal zones in the Mediterranean: UNEP's vulnerability assessments methodology and evidence from case studies

Georgas, Dimitrios - 2000

The paper presents part of the overall United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean work on the Implications of Future Climatic Changes for the Mediterranean Coastal Region. Most of this was published in Climatic Changes and the Mediterranean; Environmental and societal impacts of climatic...

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Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: Sea Level Rise

Roson, Roberto; Bosello, Francesco; Lazzarin, Marco; … - 2004

The economy-wide implications of sea level rise in 2050 are estimated using a static computable general equilibrium model. Overall, general equilibrium effects increase the costs of sea level rise, but not necessarily in every sector or region. In the absence of coastal protection, economies...

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A participatory approach to assess the effectiveness of responses to cope with flood risk

Ceccato, Lucia; Giannini, Valentina; Giupponi, Carlo - 2010

methodology implemented through local workshops, aimed at eliciting and evaluating possible responses to flood risk. Participatory …

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Economy-Wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change: A Joint Analysis for Sea Level Rise and Tourism

Bosello, Francesco; Bigano, Andrea; Roson, Roberto; … - 2006

Climate change impacts on human life have well defined and different origins, nevertheless in the determination of their final effects, especially those involving social-economic responses, interactions among impacts are likely to play an important role. This paper is one of the first attempts...

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