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Climate Change Adaptation Strategies to Cope with Water-related Disasters due to Global Warming (Policy Report)

Climate Change Adaptation Strategies to Cope with Water-related Disasters due to Global Warming (Policy Report)

Climate Change
Policy
2008
Year of publication
2008
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Drought, Earthquake, Floods, Landslide
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Eastern Asia
Region
Eastern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Author/issuing body
Panel on Infrastructure Development
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C

The time from the start of rainfall until landslide occurrences may become shorter, suggesting that there may be less time for safe evacuation.

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

Warning and evacuation systems should also be strengthened to accurately monitor and collect information about the precursors and initial status of disasters.

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

Also, different risk assessment can be conducted by multiplying the magnitude and probability of disaster damage on human and economy assessed based on communities’ capacity, including the implementation level of protection structures and evacuation activities.

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

Building wide-area disaster management networks-When roads and streets are inundated, it will make it difficult to lead safe evacuation...

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

Promoting non-structural measures based on new scenarios-Non-structural measures, such as information communication, flood fighting, evacuation...

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

-Support for evacuation- Appropriate sites for evacuation are hard to find in low-lying areas, such as zero-meter zones, or areas lying below or as low as the sea level.

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

Also, to facilitate quick evacuation, it is important to realize a ubiquitous society, where strangers and residents who are likely to be affected at the initial stage of a disaster can easily obtain information on evacuation routes...

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

3) Enhancement of forecasting and warning systems for floods, sediment-disasters and flood fighting-To conduct such activities as flood fighting, evacuation...

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

-Development of flood warning systems and organizations To conduct evacuation and emergency response effectively at the right timing in case of disasters... Quote 1Countermeasures for sediment-related disaster risk zones should be further implemented. In such zones, the further construction of new houses should be restricted, and the relocation of old houses should be promoted.

Ps. 23, 35, 38, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).