A STUDY OF ADAPTATION CAPACITY OF COASTAL DISASTERS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN SOUTHWEST AREA OF TAIWAN

Hsiang-Lan Juan; Tai-Wen Hsu; Yuan-Jyh Lan; Yue-Chen Lin; Ching-Jer Huang

doi:10.9753/icce.v33.management.10

No. 33 (2012), Coastal Management, Environment, and Risk

No. 33 (2012)

A STUDY OF ADAPTATION CAPACITY OF COASTAL DISASTERS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN SOUTHWEST AREA OF TAIWAN

Coastal Management, Environment, and Risk

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.management.10

Published 2012-10-15

Hsiang-Lan Juan⁺⁻
Tai-Wen Hsu⁺⁻
Yuan-Jyh Lan⁺⁻
Yue-Chen Lin⁺⁻
Ching-Jer Huang⁺⁻

Hsiang-Lan Juan

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tai-Wen Hsu

National Cheng Kung University

Yuan-Jyh Lan

National Cheng Kung University

Yue-Chen Lin

University of Kang Ning

Ching-Jer Huang

National Cheng Kung University

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climate change
coastal disaster
adaptation capacity
vulnerability
risk

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Juan, H.-L., Hsu, T.-W., Lan, Y.-J., Lin, Y.-C., & Huang, C.-J. (2012). A STUDY OF ADAPTATION CAPACITY OF COASTAL DISASTERS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN SOUTHWEST AREA OF TAIWAN. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(33), management.10. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.management.10

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The adaptive capacity of coastal disasters caused by climate change in order to strengthen southwestern Taiwan against natural calamities in the future is investigated in this paper. In Taiwan, the coastal zone suffers from approximately four typhoons each year, and the exceptionally high sea levels caused by storm surges frequently results in coastal disasters and hinders the development of the coastal area. The problems of rising sea levels and frequent typhoons induced by climate change have threatened the Taiwanese coastal environments. These influences as well as serious land subsidence upon a scenario year were carried out in the coastal areas near the cities of Chiayi and Tainan in Taiwan. The present study focuses on the construction of the disaster characteristics on Chiayi and Tainan Coasts, model establishment for situation analysis of water environmental factors, impact estimation and indefinite analysis on disasters, and vulnerability and risk estimation of coastal disasters. An understanding of the marine and meteorological characteristics in coastal zones is conducive to raising the efficiency of the defense against coastal disasters. These results could provide useful information to establish strategies to implement as well as how to analyze the benefits of such a program.

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