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THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20344 Telephone: 202.473.1000 Internet: www.worldbank.org Public Disclosure Authorized E-mail: [email protected] Contacts: Poonam Pillai, [email protected] Jan Bojo, [email protected] Maria Sarraf and Susmita Dasgupta, [email protected], [email protected] Climate Risks and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Megacities Asian Development Bank Contact: Jay Roop, [email protected] Public Disclosure Authorized Japan International Cooperation Agency Contact: Megumi Muto, [email protected] Public Disclosure Authorized and A Climate Risks SYNTHESIS REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized Adaptation in Asian Coastal Megacities Climate Risks and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Megacities A Synthesis Report © 2010 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433, U.S.A. Telephone: 202-473-1000 Internet: www.worldbank.org/climatechange E-mail: [email protected] All rights reserved. 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Table of Contents Acknowledgments...................................................................................................................................vii Abbreviations.and.Acronyms................................................................................................................. ix Executive.Summary.................................................................................................................................. xi 1.. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1 Background and Rationale ............................................................................................................................ 1 Objective........................................................................................................................................................... 2 Process of Preparation .................................................................................................................................... 3 Overview of Methodology/Approach and Climate Parameters Selected ............................................. 3 Structure of the Report ................................................................................................................................... 4 2.. Methodologies.for.Downscaling,.Hydrological.Mapping,.and.. Assessing.Damage.Costs....................................................................................................................5 Selection of Emissions Scenarios, Downscaling, and Uncertainties ...................................................... 5 Hydrological Modeling for Developing Scenarios of Flood Risk ........................................................... 9 Approach to Assessing Damage Costs ...................................................................................................... 12 Assessment of Damage Costs in the HCMC Study ................................................................................ 17 Assumptions about the Future of Cities in Estimating Damage Costs ............................................... 19 Conclusion: Methodological Limitations and Uncertainties in Interpreting Results of the Study ............................................................................................................................................. 20 3.. Estimating.Flood.Impacts.and.Vulnerabilities.in.Coastal.Cities.............................................23 Estimating Future Climate-related Impacts in Bangkok......................................................................... 23 Main Findings from Hydrological Analysis and GIS Mapping for Bangkok ..................................... 28 Estimating Climate-related Impacts in Manila ....................................................................................... 31 Findings from the Hydrological Analysis and GIS Mapping for Metro Manila ................................. 35 Estimating Climate-related Impacts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam .................................................... 38 Main Findings from Hydrological Analysis and GIS Mapping for HCMC ......................................... 44 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................... 50 4.. Assessing.Damage.Costs.and.Prioritizing.Adaptation.Options..............................................51 Bangkok: Analysis of Damage Costs Related to Flooding in 2008 and 2050 ....................................... 51 Prioritization of Adaptation Options in Bangkok .................................................................................... 56 Analysis of Damage Costs Related to Flooding in Metro Manila ........................................................ 60 Prioritization of Adaptation Options in Manila ....................................................................................... 65 Analysis of Damage Costs in HCMC ........................................................................................................ 69 Analysis of Adaptation in HCMC .............................................................................................................. 72 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................... 73 iii 5.. Conclusions.and.Policy.Implications............................................................................................75 Key Findings and Lessons for Policy Makers ........................................................................................... 75 Lessons on Methodology for Follow-up Studies .................................................................................... 78 Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................81 Annexes A. Vulnerability of Kolkata Metropolitan Area to increased Precipitation in a Changing Climate ................................................................................................................................ 85 B. Scenarios Applied in the Hydrodynamic Modeling in the HCMC study ...................................... 91 C. Adaptation to Increased Flooding: Brief Overview ........................................................................... 93 D. Comparison of Costs across Cities ....................................................................................................... 97 Figures Figure 1.1 Asian Megacity Hotspots ................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2.1 Hydrometeorological Model Schematic for Chao Phraya Watershed ......................................11 Figure 2.2 Manila Rainfall-Runoff Calibration Hydrographs ..................................................................... 12 Figure 2.3 Estimation of Damage to Buildings, Assets, and Inventories in the Bangkok and Manila Cases ............................................................................................................................. 14 Figure 2.3 Estimating Impacts—A Flow Chart .............................................................................................. 13 Figure 2.5 Possible Relationships between Flood Duration and Land Value Loss .................................. 18 Figure 3.1 Location of Bangkok in the Chao Praya River Basin .................................................................. 23 Figure 3.2 Land Elevations, 2002 versus 2050 Land Subsidence................................................................. 28 Figure 3.3 Maximum Water Depth for 1-in-30-year event, 2008 and 2050, A1FI ...................................... 29 Figure 3.4 Bangkok Flood Hazard Relationship...........................................................................................