Vulnerability assessment of water resources to climate change in Chinese cities

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2010-02-12
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Climatechangeisaninevitabletrend,whichchallengessecurityofwaterresourcesinChina,especiallyincities.Assessingvulnerabilityofwaterresourcetoclimatechangeincitieshasimportantroleforpolicymakers.Thepaperconstructsavulnerabilityfunction,includingexposure,sensitivityandadaptivecapacity,accordingtothevulnerabilityconceptproposedbyIPCC,establishesanassessmentindicatorssystemofwaterresourcestoclimatechangeincities,andanalyzesvulnerabilityfeaturesofChinesecitesbasedon655cities'datain2006.Thevulnerabilityassessmentresultsshowthattherearedistinctivedifferencesamongallthecities,betweeneast,centralandwestcities,betweenordinary,bigandmegacities,whilethereisnostatisticalsignificantdifferencebetweennorthandsouthcities.Basedontheresearch,thepapersuggeststhatstrategicemphasisshouldfocusonthecentralcitiesandordinarycities