Climate adaptation in South America with emphasis in coastal areas: the state-of-the-art and case studies from Venezuela and Uruguay

Villamizar, Alicia; Gutiérrez, María Elena Sánchez; Nagy, Gustavo J.; Caffera, Rubén M.; Filho, Walter Leal

doi:10.1080/17565529.2016.1146120

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“…The approach followed to assess Coastal vulnerability are related to I) exposure due to (i) Low Elevation Coastal Zone-LECZ (less than 10 m above mean sea level-AMSL, McGranahan et al 2007), (ii) the ratio of a national coastline to that of a country's border, (iii) population density (PD) (UNEP 2005), and (iv) threats (hazards and SLR), II) sensitivity, because many settlements are occupied by less advantaged groups (Cutter et al 2006), and III) adaptive capacity associated with socio-economic status and governance (Villamizar et al 2016).…”

Section: Coastal Physical and Socio-economic Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, several authors (Nagy et al 2015;Gutiérrez et al 2016) found that there was a deficit of successful coastal adaptation; in this regard, Villamizar et al (2016) suggest that the assessment of adaptation should be based on the results of implemented actions rather than on plans.…”

Section: Uruguaymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is mainly related to mismanagement, uncontrolled external forcings, increased PD and EE. In the case of Brazil there is poor GR, partly compensated by community efforts (Modesto and Serrao-Neumann, in press; this article), whereas in Uruguay, despite better GR, community efforts are still less developed despite increasing pilot CBA and EbA initiatives (Nagy et al 2014a;2014b;2015;Conde et al 2015;Villamizar et al 2016).…”

Section: Classical and Innovative Adaptation Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this paper, it is argued that the assessment of adaptation success has to also rely on implementation and effectiveness criteria rather than solely on plans (Villamizar et al 2016) which complement innovative global climate adaptation strategies, particularly at the local scale.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According toLosada et al (2013), flooding levels of 5 mm yr -1 change (storm surge + SLR) are observed. Up to 30% of Uruguay's population is exposed to a SLR of 1 m(Nagy et al 2014a; 2014b; 2015) with 13% of the population living in LECZ(Villamizar et al 2016). Wind-induced flooding may reach 1 to 3 m AMSL(Verocai et al 2015).…”

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Fostering coastal resilience to climate change vulnerability in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon and Uruguay: a cross-country comparison

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This paper describes a comparative study of four different cases on vulnerability, hazards and adaptive capacity to climate threats in coastal areas and communities in four developing countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, and Uruguay. Coastal areas are vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR), storm surges and flooding due to their (i) exposure, (ii) concentration of settlements, many of which occupied by less advantaged groups, and (iii) the concentration of assets and services seen in these areas. The objective of the paper is twofold: (i) to evaluate current evidence of coastal vulnerability and adaptive capacity, and (ii) to compare adaptation strategies being implemented in a sample of developing countries, focusing on successful ones. The followed approach for the case evaluation is based on (i) documenting observed threats and damages, (ii) using indicators of physical and socioeconomic vulnerability, and adaptive capacity status, and (iii) selecting examples of successful responses. Major conclusions based on crosscase comparison are (a) the studied countries show different vulnerability, adaptive capacity and implementation of responses and (b) early warning systems are key to increase climate resilience. A recommendation is that efforts in adaptation planning in coastal areas should be intensified so as to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities.

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Section: Coastal Physical and Socio-economic Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%