Addressing Climate Risk in Coastal Urban Areas of East and Southeast Asia: Connecting Climate Science, Engineering and Finance

by Bruce Chong (Editor)

Overview

Addressing Climate Risk in Coastal Urban Areas of East and Southeast Asia provides an in-depth exploration of the multifaceted challenges posed by climate hazards in coastal urban areas of East and Southeast Asia. It addresses interconnections between climate science, physical climate threats, engineering solutions, financial impacts and strategies for resilience. With contributions from leading experts, the book presents a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach for tackling physical climate risk, combining scientific knowledge with practical solutions.

The book is divided into three parts, covering:

• analysis of key issues and pain points in tackling physical climate risk from the perspectives of meteorological, engineering and financial sectors
• a methodology integrating principles of resilience, climate change science and financial risk assessment to provide a comprehensive framework for enhancing resilience
• a range of case studies that offer practical examples of state-of-the-art approaches, demonstrating how theoretical concepts can be applied in real-world situations.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding and tackling the complex challenges posed by climate hazards in East and Southeast Asia’s coastal urban areas. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in each sector, helping them to plan, design, operate, and manage their assets under uncertainty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781805920854
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	11/24/2025
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.73(w) x 9.76(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Bruce Chong is a Fellow and Director of Climate & Sustainability at Arup.

Table of Contents

Part I – Climate change trends and challenges
1. Introduction
2. The climate science, infrastructure and finance landscape
Part II –An Integrated Approach to Assessing Climate Risk In Infrastructure
3. Overall methodology
4. Localised projections for climate change modelling
5. Assessing infrastructure risk and resilience for typhoons and other extreme events
6. Enhancing infrastructure resilience
7. Assessing financial risk and identifying opportunities for climate resilient infrastructure
8. Selecting GCMs to improve accuracy of projections of tropical cyclone landfalling activity in East Asia
9. Using climate modelling to develop engineering design parameters for building services systems
10. An extended statistical and dynamic approach for assessing tropical cyclone and wind hazards in the western North Pacific (WNP) Basin
Part III – Case Studies: Climate Risk Assessment and Critical Infrastructure Adaptation
11. Identifying and evaluating critical infrastructure for climate hazard adaptation
12. Designing and upgrading drainage systems for climate hazards
13. Integrating climate adaptation into planning, design and management of coastal infrastructure
14. Designing buildings and infrastructure for wind hazards
15. Managing landslide risk
16. Designing for extreme heat resilience in urban settings
17. Damages analysis approach for East Asia physical assets
18. Regulatory Guidelines on Climate Risk Management and Related Analytical Tools
Part IV – Summary
19. Summary and practical next steps