COUPLING OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: REFLECTION FROM A SMALL MUNICIPALITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Climate change puts at risk all current and future transport projects. Investing proactively in climate adaptation of transport infrastructure is paramount to providing resilience and sustainable transport systems that may promote social and economic growth. Despite the importance of such investments, the financial resources of many road administrations are constrained, creating an urgent need to allocate these resources efficiently to capture the highest social, environmental, and economic benefits. This paper aims to tackle this issue by presenting a methodology to prioritize climate change adaptation interventions based on a set of economic, social, and risk reduction criteria. This method uses a network-wide approach to the road system in order to capture co-benefits, redundancies, and costs of disruption of road segments due to flood events. All underlying data in each of the criteria is part of a geospatial database that includes the location of agriculture, fishery production areas, high poverty, and flood maps. The methodology was developed at the request of the World Bank Africa Team to support the Government of Mozambique to prioritize climate change adaptation intervention in two central provinces, Zambezia and Nampula. After combining criteria for agriculture, fishery, poverty, network criticality, and hazard risk, the results suggest that most roads in the coastal districts of these provinces could be identified as top priority for climate change adaptation interventions.

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Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Water Development Plan Case of Morocco

Climate Change Management - Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-78566-6_17 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 345-363

Author(s):

Laila Oualkacha ◽

Laila Stour ◽

Ali Agoumi

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Development Plan ◽

Water Development

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Identifying Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Efforts for Children into the West Java Development Planning

The Indonesian Journal of Planning and Development ◽

10.14710/ijpd.2.2.62-73 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 62

Author(s):

Novi Puspitasari ◽

Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso ◽

Saut Aritua Hasiholan Sagala

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Health Department ◽

Development Planning ◽

Entry Point ◽

Development Plan ◽

The West ◽

West Java ◽

Government Institutions

West Java is an Indonesian Province which has a high risk of climate change impacts particularly in terms of increased exposure from many natural disasters. A natural disaster occurs frequently in the West Java Province, making the region vulnerable due to the biggest population in Indonesia it belongs to. Children are the most vulnerable population facing climate change impact because their physiological condition is not fully developed yet. They have a low adaptation ability towards the predicted changes. Therefore, mainstreaming climate change adaptation for children into development planning is important. It is also critical in order to induce more effective adaptation program. This paper analyzes how far the current development plan in the West Java Province reckons child adaptation mainstreaming to climate change. Data collection methods used in this research are the secondary method through the related development plan and the primary method through an in-depth interview to the related government institutions. Based on the analysis results using a content analysis, the region has a potential entry point to mainstream the adaptation of climate change into the development plan, involving seven government institutions. The opportunity of entry point from the West Java development plan is found in Badan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup Daerah/BPLHD (the Regional Environmental Management Agency) work plan. However, among these institutions, it is only BPLHD and the Health Department which almost fulfill all of the institutional capacity components to mainstreaming the adaptation of climate change for children into the West Java development planning. Therefore, both institutions are potentially recommended acting for initiators to induce coordination between the seven government institutions to mainstream the adaptation of climate change for children into the West Java development planning.

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The Economic Effects of Climate Change Adaptation Measures: Evidence from Miami-Dade County and New York City

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12031097 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 1097 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kim

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

Climate Adaptation ◽

Property Values ◽

Housing Markets ◽

The United States ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Adaptation Strategies ◽

Adaptation Measures

This research examines the economic impact of climate change adaptation measures on the housing markets of two representative coastal cities in the United States located along the Atlantic Ocean. The results shed light on how adaptation measures and investments influence housing values and local real estate markets with respect to their place-based and local forms of implementation. Numerous quantitative approaches, with the use of geospatial data, panel-data hedonic regressions, and difference-in-differences analyses, are used to examine changes in property values associated with climate adaptation measures and the dynamics of risk perception. The results also signal how risk perception and hurricane characteristics are reflected in housing markets, thereby shedding light on the effects of anticipatory and reactive adaptation strategies on property values in these coastal communities. Collectively, the study suggests which adaptation strategies and characteristics can contribute to maximizing both community resilience and economic benefits against the weather extremes caused by climate change.

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Village Based Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Activities Development in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities

Engineering Management Research ◽

10.5539/emr.v5n2p72 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 72

Author(s):

Lala M. Kolopaking

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Adaptation ◽

National Policy ◽

National Development ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Development Plan ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Green Seaweed ◽

The Government ◽

Adaptation And Mitigation

Government funds which are distributed to village government in Indonesia by Law No. 6 Year 2014 on Village is a national policy alternative to finance development of climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. According to pilot development in several regions on agro-forestry, bio-energy development, green seaweed industry, and restoration of reservoir; they were designed on development plan in the village and regional level which interconnected to national development plan. Adaption and mitigation activities should strengthening community based green social enterprises and engaging inter-village cooperation development programs for starting up or up-scaling green businesses. It managed as activity of social enterprise, so-called Village Organization Owned Enterprise called Badan Usaha Milik Desa (<em>BUMDes</em>) or Joint Villages Organization Owned Enterprise (<em>BUMDes Bersama</em>), or as the co-operative. The government funds could be blended in such a way with other funds sources (blending finance) for developing adaptation and mitigation of climate change activities.

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