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dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Lalit | en |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Subhashni | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-05T11:57:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Nature Climate Change, v.5, p. 992-996 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-6798 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-678X | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18540 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Pacific island countries (PICs) are situated in a highly dynamic ocean-atmosphere interface, are dispersed over a large ocean area, and have highly populated urban centres located on the coastal margin. The built infrastructure associated with urban centres is also located within close proximity to the coastlines, exposing such infrastructure to a variety of natural and climate change-related hazards. In this research we undertake a comprehensive analysis of the exposure of built infrastructure assets to climate risk for 12 PICs. We show that 57% of the assessed built infrastructure for the 12 PICs is located within 500m of their coastlines, amounting to a total replacement value of US$21.9 billion. Eight of the 12 PICs have 50% or more of their built infrastructure located within 500m of their coastlines. In particular, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu have over 95% of their built infrastructure located within 500mof their coastlines. Coastal adaptation costs will require substantial financial resources, which may not be available in developing countries such as the PICs, leaving them to face very high impacts but lacking the adaptive capacity. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nature Climate Change | en |
dc.title | Exposure of coastal built assets in the South Pacific to climate risks | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/nclimate2702 | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Environmental Monitoring | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Environmental Management | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Geospatial Information Systems | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Lalit | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Subhashni | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 090903 Geospatial Information Systems | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 050205 Environmental Management | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 050206 Environmental Monitoring | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960303 Climate Change Models | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960309 Effects of Climate Change and Variability on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. Social Impacts) | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960301 Climate Change Adaptation Measures | en |
local.profile.school | School of Environmental and Rural Science | en |
local.profile.school | School of Education | en |
local.profile.email | lkumar@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | btaylo26@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20151223-133450 | en |
local.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en |
local.format.startpage | 992 | en |
local.format.endpage | 996 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 5 | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Kumar | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Taylor | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:lkumar | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:btaylo26 | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0002-9205-756X | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0002-1624-0901 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:18744 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Exposure of coastal built assets in the South Pacific to climate risks | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Kumar, Lalit | en |
local.search.author | Taylor, Subhashni | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2015 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 410404 Environmental management | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 410599 Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 190501 Climate change models | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 190506 Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts) | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 190101 Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) | en |
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