Climate Change and Asia’s Coastal Urban Cities: Can they Meet the Challenge?

摘要: The scientific literature has documented the growing risks of flooding posed for Asia’s coastal cities by combination climate change, as reflected in sea level rise and intensified storms storm surges, ongoing urban growth low-lying zones. These issues were already elaborated 2007 IPCC (IPCC, 2007) reports but recent studies indicate that sinking deltas on which most Asian mega regions have arisen, are all occurring at much faster rates than earlier projected therefore pose even greater previously indicated. Global warming appears to be accelerating may increase 4° C or more end this century, twice projections. is now expected one meter 2100; two three times typhoons rains striking Southeast Asia been intense decades would a result global warming. At same...