Factors Affecting Flood Disasters in Small Island Developing States and Potential Adaptation Measures: The Case of Funchal City, Portugal

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herlander Mata-Lima ◽  
Andreilcy Alvino-Borba ◽  
Roberto Aguiar ◽  
João Drumond
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Flood Disasters ◽  
Potential Adaptation

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Protecting Displaced Coastal Communities: Possible Solutions

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony George Puthucherril
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Technological Support

Climate change and sea level rise are realities that are upon us and which will profoundly impact the lives and basic rights of millions of coastal residents all over the world. As the law stands both at the international and at certain national levels, the basic human rights of the climate displaced are not adequately protected. This paper identifies two possible displacement scenarios, based on the continued availability/non-availability of land in the face of sea level rise and other climate change impacts; namely, the sinking Small Island Developing States phenomeon, where land disappears and there is no surplus land to support habitation, and all other cases, where the coastal land is battered severely but it can be re-utilized through appropriate adaptation measures or even if coastal frontage land disappears there is still land available inland. On this basis, the paper proposes three possible solutions: (1) bilateral or regional treaties to facilitate resettlement of the inhabitants of sinking Small Island Developing States, (2) appropriate coastal climate change adaptation implemented via integrated coastal zone management and (3) creation of new arrangements under the international climate change regime to provide financial assistance and technological support to respond to both situations. Even though the primary focus of this paper is on coastal communities in South Asia, the lessons that it offers are relevant to other coastal contexts as well.

scholarly journals Uncertainties in coastal flood risk assessments in small island developing states

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2397-2414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo U. Parodi ◽  
Alessio Giardino ◽  
Ap van Dongeren ◽  
Stuart G. Pearson ◽  
Jeremy D. Bricker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Damage Functions ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Current Time ◽  
Coastal Flood ◽  
Coastal Flood Risk ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Considering the likely increase in coastal flooding in small island developing states (SIDSs) due to climate change, coastal managers at the local and global levels have been developing initiatives aimed at implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and adaptation measures. Developing science-based adaptation policies requires accurate coastal flood risk (CFR) assessments, which in the case of insular states are often subject to input uncertainty. We analysed the impact of a number of uncertain inputs on coastal flood damage estimates: (i) significant wave height, (ii) storm surge level and (iii) sea level rise (SLR) contributions to extreme sea levels, as well as the error-driven uncertainty in (iv) bathymetric and (v) topographic datasets, (vi) damage models, and (vii) socioeconomic changes. The methodology was tested through a sensitivity analysis using an ensemble of hydrodynamic models (XBeach and SFINCS) coupled with a direct impact model (Delft-FIAT) for a case study of a number of villages on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Model results indicate that for the current time horizon, depth damage functions (DDFs) and digital elevation models (DEMs) dominate the overall damage estimation uncertainty. When introducing climate and socioeconomic uncertainties to the analysis, SLR projections become the most relevant input for the year 2100 (followed by DEM and DDF). In general, the scarcity of reliable input data leads to considerable predictive uncertainty in CFR assessments in SIDSs. The findings of this research can help to prioritize the allocation of limited resources towards the acquisitions of the most relevant input data for reliable impact estimation.

Aiding ocean development planning with SDG relationships in Small Island Developing States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Singh ◽  
Marck Oduber ◽  
Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor ◽  
Jorge Ridderstaat
Keyword(s):  
Development Planning ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States

scholarly journals Energy access and security strategies in Small Island Developing States

Energy Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 663-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Wolf ◽  
Dinesh Surroop ◽  
Anirudh Singh ◽  
Walter Leal
Keyword(s):  
Small Island ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Small Island Developing States
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