Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas
26 October 2016

Alex Chapman from the University of Southampton reported on the latest adaptation and migration research in Asia's mega-river deltas. These regions are highly populated and vital to global food security, but most are rapidly sinking into the sea.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Presentation Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas
The world's threatened deltas are concentrated in South and East Asia. Among the identified accelerators of relative sea-level rise in river deltas…
Alex Chapman

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Charlotte Benson

ADB Organizer/s

  • Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Topics

  • Disaster Risk Management