Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Taipei Metropolitan and Taiwan

1
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Taipei
Metropolitan and Taiwan

• Fei-Yu Kuo
• Department of Urban and Housing Development
• Council for Economic Planning and Development
• Taiwan

2
About Metropolitan Taipei

• The socio-economic center of Taiwan
• A metropolitan area of 2,550 km2, consists of
  Taipei City and the outlying areas of Taipei
  County and Keelung City
• Total population had increased over 6.74 million
  by 2005
• Urban development is clustered in the central
  portion of the Taipei Basin on the flat areas of
  Tansui River watershed

3
Disaster Characteristics of Taipei

• Suffered from frequent earthquakes
• Typhoons and rainstorms often attack in summer
• Mudflows and landslides arise in the slope area
  of Taipei metropolitan area in raining season
• Flood is a critical issue for urban management

Keelung City
Taipei City
Taipei County
Flood Area
Mudflows and landslides Area
4
Program of Flood Management in Frequently
Inundated Area

• The Program of Flood Management in Frequently
  Inundated Area
• Budgeted 116 billion (2006-2013)

• Improvement of agricultural drainage system,
  water and soil conservation in upstream area,
  flood control and river dredge
• National Budget 110 billion (2006-2013)
• Budgeted 44.5 billion in Second Stage (2008-2010)
  
• Budget of Taipei metropolitan area 32.6 billion
  (2008-2010)

• Construction of urban drainage system
• dredging waterway, subsidizing citizens for the
  expenditures of flood prevention
• National Budget 6 billion (2006-2013)
• Budget of Taipei metropolitan area 0.61 billion
  (2008-2010)

5
Promotions of Urban Green Building

• The "Green Building Promotion Program" of Taiwan
  was proposed in March 2001
• Green Building Regulation-building code revised
• Development of the Ecological Community and
  Sustainable City
• In order to strengthen the development of Green
  Building, powerful public policies play an
  important role
• to initiate green building design with all public
  buildings
• Mandatory green building design for all new
  official buildings of central government was
  required in 2002
• For local government buildings in 2003

6
National Territory Recovery Program and Act(
Draft)

• Approved by the Executive Yuan at 2005
• Response to the severe mudflows and floods caused
  by strong typhoon at July, 2004.
• An integrated project involving
  multi-disciplinary and inter-ministerial programs
• Structure and Non-structure measures
• Land use change
• Industrial adjustment incentives for aquaculture
  adjustments in subsidence areas
• New Roads banned in mountainous areas
• Reallocation and migration people in potential
  hazardous areas

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Agencies for Climate Change Adaptation

• Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol Response
  Working Group
• Structure of the taskforce
• Leading Agency EPA
• Members ministries of economic Affairs,
  Interior, Transportation and Council for
  Agriculture and CEPD, experts and NGO members
• Tasks and achievements
• In response to climate change, Taiwan has
  re-evaluated its energy and industrial policies
  and promoted various measures to reduce GHG
  emissions
• More mitigation, less adaptation before
• efforts are now underway to mitigate and adapt
  the potential effects of climate change

• National Council for Sustainable Development
  (NCSD)

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National Climate Change Impact Assessment and
Adaptation strategy in Taiwan

• Three objectives
• Five strategies
• Fifteen sectoral action plans (draft)

Objectives
Reduction of negative climate change impact
Ecosystem conservation and sustainable land use
Take chance of positive impacts
Strategies
Organization restructure
Education
Legislation
Industry adaptation
Land use adaptation
Action Plans
Specific sector plans Climate research,
flooding, landslide, water resources, costal and
low-lying area, ecosystem, agriculture, fishery,
forest, livestock industry, and health
Cross-sectoral plans Land spatial management,
socioeconomic development, education, and
industry adaptation