TS03C: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES [10550]

Commission: 8 & YSN
Chair: Mr. Charles Atakora, Germany


Climate change is one of the global challenges of our time. However, with many spatial planning and land management tools at disposal, the severe effects regarding changing rainfall patterns, sea level rise, or global warming be stalled or adapted.

Obianinulu Oduwegwu, David Elegbede and Priscilla Vambe (Nigeria):
Flooding in Nigeria: Surveying Approach to Mitigating The Risk and Disaster. (11829)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Inma Gutierrez and Edi Meier (Switzerland):
GRIMONIT (Groundriskmonitor) Fully Automatic and Remote-Controllable Deformation Early Warning System for Difficult Measurement Conditions (11868)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]
This is a peer reviewed paper.

Tien-Yin Chou, Chen-Yang Lee, Hsiao-Yuan Yin, Yi-Chia Lin and Mei-Ling Yeh (Chinese Taipei):
The Disaster Management of Large Scale Landslide: a Case Study of Debris Flow Early Responding Systems (12016)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Rumbidzai Chivizhe, Juliana Useya and Reason Mlambo (Zimbabwe):
Damage and Loss Assessment Due to Tropical Cyclone Idai’s Flooding Events in Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe (12031)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]