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Changes of climate regime might raise the number of floods in  in mid-latitudes. increasing the devastating effects in societies and environment. For the Iberian Peninsula, the majority of studies indicate a rainfall decrease during the winter months and an increase during the summer; however more frequent and concentrated extreme events of precipitation are expected in some parts of the Peninsula.
This paper presents the main methodology and first findings of a research aiming to assess of extreme precipitations and climate change scenarios in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, Portugal as a way to gather the necessary information to evaluate the resilience of at least two urban areas.

Reference information

Websites:
http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/
Source:

Technical University of Lisbon

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2013

Keywords:
methodology, resilience
Climate impacts:

Flooding

Adaptation Approaches:

Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment, Nature-based solutions, Climate services

Sectors:

Urban

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Macro-Transnational region:

Mediterranean (Euro-Med)

Biogeographical regions:

Mediterranean

Countries:

Portugal

Publications and Reports Documents (1)
City, climate change and floods. A contribution to the urban resilience study
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