Infrastructure and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptations for the Zambezi River Valley

Paul S. Chinowsky, Amy E. Schweikert, Niko Strzepek and Kenneth Strzepek

No wp-2013-041, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change. The current study addresses a key component of these issues, the effect of climate change on the road infrastructure of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, all located within the Zambezi River Basin. The study incorporates a stressor-response approach to estimate the effects of projected precipitation, temperature, and flooding changes on the paved and unpaved road infrastructure of these countries.

Keywords: Climate change; Econometric models (Economic development); Public expenditures; Infrastructure (Economics) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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