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Potential physical, cultural and social impact of climate change

Figure Created 14 Nov 2012 Published 29 Nov 2012 Last modified 21 Dec 2016

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

(Physical) Combined potential impacts of changes in inundation heights of a 100 year river flood event and a sea level rise adjusted 100 year coastal storm surge event and changes in flash flood potential on settlements, major roads, railways, airports, harbours, thermal power stations and refineries. (Social) Combined potential impacts of changes in inundation heights of a 100 year river flood event and a sea level rise adjusted 100 year coastal storm surge event as well as changes in flash flood potential and summer heat on population. (Cultural) Combined potential impacts of changes in inundation heights of a 100 year river flood event and a sea level rise adjusted 100 year coastal storm surge event on registered World Heritage sites and museums.

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Methodology:: Impact calculated as combination of regional exposure to climatic changes and recent data on regional sensitivity. Climatic changes derived from comparison of 1961-1990 and 2071-2100 climate projections from CCLM model for the IPCC SRES A1B scenario. Regional coastal storm surge heights were adjusted with a one metre sea level rise.
Units:: Normalised (unitless)
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Technische Universität Dortmund, Institute of Spatial Planning (IRPUD).
Owners:: Technische Universität Dortmund, Institute of Spatial Planning (IRPUD)
Figure type:: Map

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Normalised potential impacts aggregated from individual impact indicators on roads, rail, airports, harbours, settlements, power stations and refineries (physical), population in coastal areas, river valleys, urban heat islands and flashflood prone population (social), and museums as well as cultural World Heritage sites in coastal areas and river valleys (cultural).

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