<b>129.</b> FIELD SURVEY OF STORM SURGE DISASTER DUE TO CYCLONE SIDR IN BANGLADESH

Shibayama, Tomoya; Tajima, Yuki; Kakinuma, Taro; Nobuoka, Hisamichi; Yasuda, Tomohiro; Ahsan, Raquib; Rahman, Md. Musfiqur; Islam, Muhaiminul

doi:10.1142/9789814282475_0128

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“…More recently in 2007, Cyclone Sidr was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal, causing huge damage when making landfall in Bangladesh. Sidr slammed the highly vulnerable low lying densely populated coastal areas of Bangladesh with heavy rain, winds of up to 215 km h -1 , and a significant storm surge (Shibayama et al 2009).…”

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Global warming and tropical cyclone damage to housing in the Philippines

Esteban¹,

Stromberg²,

Gasparatos³

et al. 2013

Clim. Res.

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It is currently feared that the increase in surface sea temperature resulting from increasing levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere could result in higher tropical cyclone intensity in the future. Although the economic consequences have been studied for a number of developed countries, very little work has been done on developing countries. The present paper assesses the likely effects that increased typhoon intensity will have on damage to housing by the year 2085 in the Philippines, using a Monte Carlo simulation that magnifies the intensity of historical tropical cyclones between the years 1978 and 2008. The simulation shows that direct damage to housing could increase between 17 and 58%, depending on the adaptive capacity of each region in the Philippines and assuming the latter remains constant between now and 2085. The results clearly suggest the need to increase the resilience of local communities against the possible consequences of climate change.

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Global warming and tropical cyclone damage to housing in the Philippines

Esteban¹,

Stromberg²,

Gasparatos³

et al. 2013

Clim. Res.

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Increase in Port Downtime and Damage in Vietnam Due To a Potential Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity

Esteban

Thao

Takagi

et al. 2011

Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources

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Climate Change and Its Effects on Atoll Island States

Yamamoto¹,

Esteban

2013

Atoll Island States and International Law

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The Earth's climate is a complex system that depends on the energy received from the Sun and how this energy is distributed throughout the different layers of materials (i.e. the various levels in the atmosphere, oceans, crust) that make up the system. Part of the energy that is received from the Sun is actually reflected back into space, but much of the energy is retained through a multitude of so-called greenhouse gases, which keep the planet much warmer than what it would be without them. The IPCC 4AR stresses the role that these gases have on the temperature of the planet, and increases in their concentrations can lead to anthropogenic changes in the climate. In actual fact, humans have been exerting an influence on the local environment for a long time, as the progressive population increase throughout the ages led to the cutting of trees and cultivation of the areas previously occupied by forests. However, it is generally agreed that the rate of CO 2 emissions greatly increased since the beginning of the industrial era, which has led to an acceleration in the pace of climate change. Indeed, according to the IPCC 4AR 11 of the 12 years between 1995 and 2006 were the warmest on record, and since then new records have been reached. As a consequence of this a number of effects have been predicted, such as an increase in the pace of sea level rise due to melting of glaciers and ice caps, increases in the intensity of tropical cyclones or changes to the frequency of extreme drought and precipitation events. The present chapter will detail the impacts that scientists think these changes will have on atolls, particularly those related to sea-level rise, ocean acidification, coral mortality and increases in tropical cyclone intensity.Particularly, this warming and increased acidification of the sea could bring about great increases in coral mortality, probably the most important long-term problem affecting the survival of Atolls Island States. Although we tend to consider these coral islands as land areas, a more accurate description would be to think of them as living creatures, one gigantic colony of inter-related species, with humans living on their back. Corals are constantly providing the building materials that

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129. FIELD SURVEY OF STORM SURGE DISASTER DUE TO CYCLONE SIDR IN BANGLADESH

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Global warming and tropical cyclone damage to housing in the Philippines

Global warming and tropical cyclone damage to housing in the Philippines

Increase in Port Downtime and Damage in Vietnam Due To a Potential Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensity

Climate Change and Its Effects on Atoll Island States

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