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SPATIAL ANALYSIS AS TOOL FOR SENSITIVITY ASSESSMENT OF SEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS ON MARTINIQUE

Schleupner, Christine - Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), … - 2005

Sea level in the Caribbean region is expected to rise approximately10-20 cm by 2025. In some areas of Martinique coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion are already a severe problem. Because the island has a mountainous character, the majority of its settlements are situated along the coast...

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A GIS Framework for Changing Cropping Pattern Under Different Climate Conditions and Irrigation Availability Scenarios

Wang, Ying; Chen, Yun; Peng, Shizhang - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 13, pp. 3073-3090

GIS in combination with an Irrigation Water Availability Simulation model (IWAS) at irrigation area scale. The IWAS-GIS … considering climatic conditions and the irrigation availabilities were input into the IWAS-GIS framework to simulate cropping … drying climate and shrinking irrigation availability. The IWAS-GIS is simple to implement and provides an easy way for …

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Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters in Megacities: The Case of Floods in São Paulo, Brazil

Haddad, Eduardo; Teixeira, Eliane - European Regional Science Association - 2013

in the city of São Paulo through the use of a spatial CGE model integrated to GIS information related to the location of …

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Evaluation of coastal squeeze and beach reduction and its consequences for the Caribbean island Martinique

Schleupner, Christine - Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung (ZMK), … - 2005

augments the vulnerability of beach reduction and mangrove squeeze. More than 70% of all Martinique beaches and 29% of mangrove … to flooding and erosion. Spatial analysis based on a conducted GIS model is carried out that evaluates the tourist …

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Assessing impact of projected future climate on tree species growth and yield: development of an evaluation strategy

Dombroskie, Shaun; McKendy, Monica; Ruelland, Courtney; … - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15 (2010) 4, pp. 307-320

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Heads up! : early warning systems for climate, water and weather-related hazards

Glantz, Michael H. (contributor) - 2009

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An investigation of the determinants of household vulnerability and poverty in Korea

Kang, Woojin - In: Korea and the world economy 16 (2015) 2, pp. 223-251

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Assessing the Effects of Climate and Socioeconomic Factors on Vulnerability to Vector-Borne Diseases in Latin America

García Ayala, Rodrigo; Estrugo, Andrés - 2014

, this paper presents and tests an approach to estimating the effects of epidemic outbreaks on health vulnerability. The … online platform, the paper finds that climate has nonnegligible effects on health vulnerability. The evidence found and the … vulnerability index constructed can be used to analyze the main determinants of vulnerability in order to address policy concerns. …

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Examination of Intense Climate-related Disasters in the Asia-Pacific

Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Perez, Rosa T. - 2012

The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatures as recorded in publicly available databases for the world,...

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Farming and cropping systems in the West African Sudanian Savanna. WASCAL research area: Northern Ghana, Southwest Burkina Faso and Northern Benin

Callo-Concha, Daniel; Gaiser, Thomas; Ewert, Frank - 2012

Land Use (WASCAL) tackles this vulnerability by investigating the interface of climate and rural socia-ecological systems …

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