Risks and opportunities : understanding climate change in the Nile Delta
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2015-02
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WRENmedia
Abstract
The Alexandria Research Center for Adaptation to Climate Change (ARCA) is a policy-oriented centre for research. ARCA’s work focuses on socioeconomic aspects of adaptation in the Nile Delta, which up to this point (2011) has been under researched: only 15 research papers on climate change issues have been produced during the last 25 years. However, current ARCA studies show for instance, that large areas exposed to flooding can be protected through small-scale engineering works along the coastline; 23-26% of the Alexandria area is susceptible to flooding by sea level rise and would be protected with a 4 km long sea wall.
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NILE RIVER, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, SEA LEVEL, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, RESEARCH CAPACITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, FLOODING, SALT WATER INTRUSION