Author: Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration, Worldbank, Egis BCEOM International, IAU-IDF, BRGM
Year of publication: 2011
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Report
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: More than 9 months
To be carried out by whom: Consultants (climate experts)
Institutional scale of use: Local/community
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Local decision makers
Output: Report
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science, Development cooperation
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: North Africa
Potential geographic coverage: Worldwide
Sectors covered: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Infrastructure, Commercial sector, Urban sector
Details: Within an urban context
Method used: Mixed method approach
Description of methodology: Interpretation of aerial photographs and satellite imagery, digital elevation models, data bases (particularly on seismic aspects), geographic information systems (GIS), specific calculation methods (for estimating natural risks and the associated damages), modeling (climate change, urban floods, etc.), pilot application to analyze and simulate subsidence phenomena using satellite imagery through the support of the European Space Agency (ESA). Additionally technical, institutional and economic analysis has been conducted
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Details: Hazard data is derived from AR4 modelling
Risk components incorporated: Hazard, exposure, sensitivity
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Tsunami, Flood, Storm surge, Coastal erosion, Flood, Water scarcity
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Based on locally available data, publications or available from international organizations
Temporal scale: Current, Forward looking
Participatory elements: Partly
Details: State agencies for data collection and verification of study results
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: Partly
Details: All the hazards except for water scarcity were mapped using GIS, allowing representing cumulative effects in the 4 urban areas for the present situation and for horizon 2030
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: Addressing uncertainty in climate change projections
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks, assessment of impacts, identification of adaptation options
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: Economic
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): Yes
Details: Hazards cover whole spectrum from EWE to SOE
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Open access: Yes