Preliminary benefit cost analysis of storm surge hazard mitigation in the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia Anna Rios Wilks

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SPC SOPAC Technical report ; PR171Publication details: Suva, Fiji SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) 2013Description: 42 p. col. ill., photographs, maps, graphs 30 cmISBN:
  • 9789820006430
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.46309962
Online resources: Summary: "In order to assist Pacific overseas countries and territories (OCTs) develop resilience to natural hazards, the European Union (EU) has commissioned the SOPAC Division of the SPC to work alongside OCTs to increase the protection and management of the coastal environment. The project, which falls under the European Development Fund (EDF) 9 C Envelope, will focus on the analysis, development and efficient implementation of the disaster risk solutions in Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Pitcairn Islands and French Polynesia. This document forms part of the work undertaken for French Polynesia. Specifically, this document provides a preliminary benefit cost analysis of different adaptation options for the Government of French Polynesia to combat coastal flooding in Rangiroa, in the Tuamotu Archipelago. The Government of French Polynesia is interested in reducing the risk posed by storm surges with a significant wave height of 12 m. This document analyses 13 different adaptation options that the Government of French Polynesia could pursue to reduce the negative impacts of such a storm surge event. These options can be grouped into 4 categories; the construction of a seawall, the implementation of a setback zone, the elevation of buildings to 1 m and the replacement of buildings with MTR (kit houses) elevated to 1.5 m. These options are by no means the only options available to the government. They are analysed in 15 illustrative scenarios in order to provide an indication of which type of adaptation might be more suitable and cost effective for the Tuamotu environment, and as a basis for the Government of French Polynesia to discuss the implications and design specifications to inform further dialogue."
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Également en français : "Analyse préliminaire du rapport bénéfice-coût des solutions d'adaptation à l'aléa houle cyclonique dans l'archipel des Tuamotu, Polynésie française"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-41)

"In order to assist Pacific overseas countries and territories (OCTs) develop resilience to natural hazards, the European Union (EU) has commissioned the SOPAC Division of the SPC to work alongside OCTs to increase the protection and management of the coastal environment. The project, which falls under the European Development Fund (EDF) 9 C Envelope, will focus on the analysis, development and efficient implementation of the disaster risk solutions in Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Pitcairn Islands and French Polynesia. This document forms part of the work undertaken for French Polynesia. Specifically, this document provides a preliminary benefit cost analysis of different adaptation options for the Government of French Polynesia to combat coastal flooding in Rangiroa, in the Tuamotu Archipelago. The Government of French Polynesia is interested in reducing the risk posed by storm surges with a significant wave height of 12 m. This document analyses 13 different adaptation options that the Government of French Polynesia could pursue to reduce the negative impacts of such a storm surge event. These options can be grouped into 4 categories; the construction of a seawall, the implementation of a setback zone, the elevation of buildings to 1 m and the replacement of buildings with MTR (kit houses) elevated to 1.5 m. These options are by no means the only options available to the government. They are analysed in 15 illustrative scenarios in order to provide an indication of which type of adaptation might be more suitable and cost effective for the Tuamotu environment, and as a basis for the Government of French Polynesia to discuss the implications and design specifications to inform further dialogue."