DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1617-1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84959136304
论文题名: Drinking water vulnerability to climate change and alternatives for adaptation in coastal South and South East Asia
作者: Hoque M.A. ; Scheelbeek P.F.D. ; Vineis P. ; Khan A.E. ; Ahmed K.M. ; Butler A.P.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2016
卷: 136, 期: 2 起始页码: 247
结束页码: 263
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Health risks
; Potable water
; Risk assessment
; Saline water
; Storms
; Surface waters
; Water
; Cardio-vascular disease
; Drinking water sources
; Land surface models
; Meteorological variability
; Tropical cyclone
; Vulnerability assessments
; Vulnerability index
; Water vulnerabilities
; Climate change
; climate change
; coastal zone
; drinking water
; global perspective
; health impact
; health risk
; local adaptation
; policy making
; risk assessment
; salinization
; seawater
; storm surge
; tropical cyclone
; vulnerability
; Bangladesh
; India
; Viet Nam
英文摘要: Drinking water in much of Asia, particularly in coastal and rural settings, is provided by a variety of sources, which are widely distributed and frequently managed at an individual or local community level. Coastal and near-inland drinking water sources in South and South East (SSE) Asia are vulnerable to contamination by seawater, most dramatically from tropical cyclone induced storm surges. This paper assesses spatial vulnerabilities to salinisation of drinking water sources due to meteorological variability and climate change along the (ca. 6000 km) coastline of SSE Asia. The risks of increasing climatic stresses are first considered, and then maps of relative vulnerability along the entire coastline are developed, using data from global scale land surface models, along with an overall vulnerability index. The results show that surface and near-surface drinking water in the coastal areas of the mega-deltas in Vietnam and Bangladesh-India are most vulnerable, putting more than 25 million people at risk of drinking ‘saline’ water. Climate change is likely to exacerbate this problem, with adverse consequences for health, such as prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. There is a need for identifying locations that are most at risk of salinisation in order for policy makers and local officials to implement strategies for reducing these health impacts. To counter the risks associated with these vulnerabilities, possible adaptation measures are also outlined. We conclude that detailed and fine scale vulnerability assessments may become crucial for planning targeted adaptation programmes along these coasts. © 2016, The Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84327
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom; MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, United Kingdom; Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Recommended Citation:
Hoque M.A.,Scheelbeek P.F.D.,Vineis P.,et al. Drinking water vulnerability to climate change and alternatives for adaptation in coastal South and South East Asia[J]. Climatic Change,2016-01-01,136(2)