Climate Vulnerability Mapping in Kep City
- Date of publication: July 2022
- Institution: Ministry of Environment (MoE)
- Author: Project “Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in the Asia-Pacific Region Project (Urban EbA Asia)”
- Language: English
- Type: Document
- Page: 67
The objective of the report is to conduct the climate change risk and vulnerability assessment of Kep province and to identify the appropriate adaptation options for EbA interventions. Based on the climate vulnerability assessment, key findings are given as follows:
- Overall vulnerability to flash flood in the short-term and medium-term in the future, Prey Thum is the most vulnerable Sangkat, followed by Sangkat Ou Krasar and the Sangkat Kep (the less vulnerable one);
- Overall vulnerability to drought in both short-term and medium-term in the future in Kep city, Sangkat Kep is the most vulnerable Sangkat, followed by Sangkat Prey Thum and Sangkat Ou Krasar (the less vulnerable one);
- The overall shoreline erosion vulnerability Sangkats are in order: Prey Thum, Ou Krasar, and Kep; and
- Overall windstorm vulnerability in Kep city, these three Sangats are similarly vulnerable.
