ENVS195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Landfall, System Dynamics, Adaptive Capacity
15 Jun 2015
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Focused on building adaptive capacity for coastal megacities. Understanding decision making in governance and society. Response strategies leading to knowledge based actions. Land mass surrounded by water on both sides with slightly higher plateau in middle. Coast very vulnerable to flooding, plateau sometimes floods as well. 80 percent of rain falls during wet season, which is also typhoon season. Manila floods worsening, but not anything new. Trends for number of hot days is increasing, cool days are decreasing. Slight increase in number of typhoons forming on an annual basis. Top 10 disasters in philippines by number of people affected mostly all from 1980 until now, even though number of typhoons decreasing, the impact is increasing. Wind speed has been increasing in the post 1980 period. Intensity of rainfall has been increasing, less heavy rainfall events, more heavy rainfall events. September 2009, 84km/hour winds, urban coastal region. More rainfall in one day than average one month of rainfall.
