ADAPTATION ASSESMENT OF PORT INFRASTRUCTURES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE FOR COMPOUND IMPACTS

Abstract

Extreme events, enhanced by Climate Change may cause several damages on coastal critical infrastructures, whereas port services are even more sensible to climatic stressors than those physical assets (UNECE, 2013). Therefore, consideration of Climate Change (CC) induced variability is necessary within adaptation assessment frameworks (IPCC, 2014) that evaluate the performance of both port services and assets under the affection of diverse climatic drivers. Port infrastructure adaptation measures are assessed, focusing on critical CC-induced impacts reduction, following a probabilistic approach.