Assesses the Resilience Index to Sea Level Rise Risk of Alexandria Governorate, Egypt - Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers-Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Assesses the Resilience Index to Sea Level Rise Risk of Alexandria Governorate, Egypt Authored by Mamdouh M El-Hattab Abstract Alexandria Governorate is vulnerable to sea level rise risks, especially with its current high-density coastal communities and the rapidly increasing population rates. Most of the Governorate’s inhabitants are living in the low-lying land and some are even below sea level. Moreover, the Governorate has been identified as one of the ‘Mediterranean vulnerable sites’. This paper assesses the resilience of Alexandria Governorate to sea level rise risk, focusing on hazard assessment (Inundation) as one of the most significant physical impacts. Resilience index to SLR for each district in the study area is developed using vulnerable built-up areas, vulnerable population and socioeconomic conditions (represented in the unemployment rate, annual population growth and Human Devel