Potential physical, cultural and social impact of climate change

(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)

Additional information

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).

Potential physical, cultural and social impact of climate change

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