Climate change adaptions for urban water infrastructure in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Cities play a crucial role in the planning of climate change adaptions. Although these actions are largely guided by global negotiations and national policies their consequences are usually felt by individual cities. Reconfiguring of urban infrastructure is the first step to ensure resilience to extreme weather events triggered by climate change. Many coastal cities are already begun to suffer because of climate change impacts; frequent flooding in Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is an example. This paper attempts to investigate preparedness of urban water infrastructure in Jeddah for future climate change adaptions. It founds that the city has been lagging behind in action such as continuous & consistent reporting of relevant data, capacity building, research, education and awareness building, reconfiguration and expansion of grey & green infrastructure. We propose to formulate a three point policy for climate change adaption at local level with proper attention to grey, green and soft infrastructures.

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Aljoufie, M., & Tiwari, A. (2015). Climate change adaptions for urban water infrastructure in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Sustainable Development, 8(3), 52–66. https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v8n3p52

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