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Chapter Eight Structural Adaptation

Being situated at the edge of a low-lying delta, coastal Bangladesh is a classic example of a local area in a distant third-world country, which is at the forefront of global climate change impacts. The area confronts two climate change?related hazards: (a) gradual sea level rise (SLR) and (b) increasingly more intense tropical cyclones with high-magnitude storm surges. In public discourse on climate change Bangladesh is frequently cited as the most vulnerable country for climate change impacts. Besides exacerbating other climatic hazards, such as river floods, tropical cyclones, and storm surges, global warming?induced SLR poses the greatest climatic hazard for Bangladesh since it is likely to displace millions of people from its low-lying coastal areas. This chapter reviews four structural adaptation measures undertaken in the coastal region of Bangladesh to mitigate the effects of tropical cyclones and storm surges.

» Author: B. Ziolkowski, J.R. Ziolkowska

» Reference: Climatic Hazards in Coastal Bangladesh

» Source: ScienceDirect - GPP

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