Document Type
Report
Publication Title
Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Disasters Preparedness in the Coastal Cities of North Africa
Abstract
North Africa’s coastal cities, long benefitting from their ready access to commerce and culture, also face distinct vulnerabilities due to their location. Natural hazards and extreme weather patterns impose risks on coastal areas that inland areas seldom encounter. North Africa’s increasingly populous cities face tangible risks today, but these will be amplified as the impacts of global climate change further manifest themselves over the decades to come. To better understand both the risks that these cities face by the 2030 time horizon, and to help prepare the required adaptive responses, the World Bank has conducted a regional study focused on three cities critical to the region’s economic, social and political life: Alexandria, Casablanca and Tunis. The study also examined the Bouregreg Valley between Rabat and Salé in Morocco, an area which is undergoing largescale urban development and is slated for further growth in the next decade.
Publication Date
2011
Recommended Citation
The World Bank, "NORTH AFRICAN COASTAL CITIES Address Natural Disasters and Climate Change" (2011). Egypt & Libya. 10.
https://repository.fit.edu/africa_el/10