ASSETS Urban and Cities are the Subject to more damage Urban plans will need to be far Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation coastal cities economic heart of from floods, storms; more flexible and resilient to (P082295); Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Vietnam and where localized issues with water take into account all the likely Sanitation Project (P052037); Vietnam Urban most of the population supply impacts of CC on cities; must be Upgrading Project (P070197) and Additional lives; coastal cities are adapted to greater flow Finance (P115897); Coastal Cities extremely vulnerable variability from flooding Environmental Sanitation Project (P082295); to SLR and storm episodes or storm damage; many and many other urban investment projects; surges specific kinds of investments Climate Resilient Cities Primer (P110591); such as water control structures, WBI work on incorporation of CC into protection of parklands and planning; study on impacts of CC on drainage buffer zones; specialized risk systems in coastal cities (GFDRR-funded; financing instruments P114603); GEF Coastal Cities project – (P090374); Second Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project (P113904); Vietnam Medium Cities Development Project (P116398) Roads and Transportation All roads subject to more Some changes may be needed in For the World portfolio of Bank’s large railways (coastal) infrastructure in areas flood damage; coastal the way transport infrastructure transport projects, there is an increased now subject to coastal transport infrastructure also is built (but need to take into awareness of the need to include climate flooding will be exposed to storm damage, account limited lifetime of such change considerations in investment design and particularly vulnerable SLR; likely impacts mostly investments); careful attention long-range planning. However, the extent to unknown needed to siting of infrastructure which this is being done is limited by the availability of sufficiently detailed data on the specific impacts on infrastructure during its economic life Ports Critical economic Impacts currently unknown World Bank study pending EACC study on adaptation and ports (P114750) importance and, by but WB study under way; their location, could be incrementally inherently vulnerable subject to storm damage, to SRL and coastal SLR, flooding and impacts
ASSETS Urban and coastal cities Cities are the economic heart of Vietnam and where most of the population lives; coastal cities are extremely vulnerable to SLR and storm surges Subject to more damage from floods, storms; localized issues with water supply Urban plans will need to be far more flexible and resilient to take into account all the likely impacts of CC on cities; must be adapted to greater flow variability from flooding episodes or storm damage; many specific kinds of investments such as water control structures, protection of parklands and buffer zones; specialized risk financing instruments Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation (P082295); Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation Project (P052037); Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project (P070197) and Additional Finance (P115897); Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation Project (P082295); and many other urban investment projects; Climate Resilient Cities Primer (P110591); WBI work on incorporation of CC into planning; study on impacts of CC on drainage systems in coastal cities (GFDRR-funded; P114603); GEF – Coastal Cities project (P090374); Second Vietnam Urban Upgrading Project (P113904); Vietnam Medium Cities Development Project (P116398) Roads and railways (coastal) Transportation infrastructure in areas now subject to coastal flooding will be particularly vulnerable All roads subject to more flood damage; coastal transport infrastructure also exposed to storm damage, SLR; likely impacts mostly unknown Some changes may be needed in the way transport infrastructure is built (but need to take into account limited lifetime of such investments); careful attention needed to siting of infrastructure For the World Bank’s large portfolio of transport projects, there is an increased awareness of the need to include climate change considerations in investment design and long-range planning. However, the extent to which this is being done is limited by the availability of sufficiently detailed data on the specific impacts on infrastructure during its economic life Ports Critical economic importance and, by their location, inherently vulnerable to SRL and coastal Impacts currently unknown but WB study under way; could be incrementally subject to storm damage, SLR, flooding and impacts World Bank study pending EACC study on adaptation and ports (P114750)
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