Climate

Change Adapta/on - Community Reloca/on program

Jason C.S. Yu Water Resources Research Center NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kaohsiung, the Ocean Capital of Taiwan

Taiwan: Land area: 36,000 km2 Popula=on: 23 million, Coastline: 1750 km

China

Taipei

Taiwan
Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Harbor, worlds 12th container port

NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Image: Kaohsiung City Government

Kaohsiung 1935

A Delta City

Kaohsiung, a harbor city, an industrial city, and a river city

Image: Kaohsiung City Government

When developments facing EXTREME weather

City at downstream

Flooded Areas
coastal villages

Aug. 8

2009

Flooded Areas
Aug. 9

2009

Flooded Areas
Aug. 13 8 9

2009

Aug. 15

What happened Up Stream?

Rainfall : 2948mm /48hours

Before
Original position of Xiaolin Village

Xiaolin

Original position of Nanfeng Bridge

Pre-disaster 3/4/01

Original position of Bridge No. 8

Hwy.

21

Landslides at Xiaolin Village

Xiaolin Village 2009-08-08

Before After

Kaohsiung City - Adaptation Measures

Catchment Management
Flood risk map landslide risk map Flood warning level

Contigency plan

inundation map

Flood resistant design

Kaohsiung City - Adaptation Measures

Upstream conservation Improve existing Defense facilities Expand discharge capacities Catchment managements Improving drainage systems Flood detention - Rainwater harvesting Contingency - Monitoring - Database - Response

Coastal defense

Kaohsiung City - Adaptation Measures

Monitoring systems and contingency plans

Kaohsiung City - Adaptation Measures

Green Coridal

Beside the Engineering Measures

Community Reloca=on

Refugee Reloca=on Steps

Emergent evacuation 24,950 Intermediate and long-term alloc. Military barrack Temporary house Loan and fee Free house Short term allocation
158 sites, 8,189

Intermediate allocation (2009 ~ ) 18 sites 5,679

Intermediate Housing
- Fong-Hsiung Military Barrack

Temporary Housing
- Le-Yeh, Chia Yi County

- Chia-lan Village, Taitung County

Temporary Housing

Final Sta=s=cs on Reloca=on Program

Total Number in Restricted Zones or high risk areas: 6,316 units, 19,191 persons. Among them
- 13,911 persons are indigenous people, 72.5% of all refugees. - 11,144 persons go for 3,184 free houses. - 8,047 persons of 3,132 households choose stay (42% of 19,191 persons)

Private Par=cipa=on in Providing the Free Housings

Communi=es
- Providing the permanent houses and communi=es by private sectors and NGOs - Tzu-Chi Founda=on; Taiwan Red Cross, Taiwan World Vision, Evergreen, Dharma Drum Mt. etc.

Job Opportuni=es Guaranteed by Enterprise

- Foxconn Tech. Group (Ecology, Living, and Produc=on) - Living + Job + Medicare + School + Hope

Coopera=on between Gov. & NGOs

Gov. takes overall responsibility; NGO assists Gov.; Gov. should pay attention to attitude of cooperation and break down of work. Gov. should takes aggressive measures to get rid of NGOs difficulties and to increase effectiveness.

Gov. NGO

Authority; Land offer; Multiple Interface; Bureaucracy Flexible; Closer to people

Reconstruc=on Approach
Industry

Culture

Community Reconstruction Living

Education

Colorful Sustainable Community

Concept of Sustainable Community

House

Home

Community

COLORFUL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

Green Reconstruc/on
To integrate
the social responsibility of enterprises the latest technology with the demand of living, household industrial in redevelopment area. encourage local and key enterprises assis=ng reconstruc=on.

Living

It is to rebuild the community Production which combines ecology, living and produc=on in one place.

Ecology

Case of Planning and Construc=on

San-Lin village Da-Ai Community by Tzu-Chi Founda=on

by Tzu-Chi Founda=on

Da-Ai Village

2010.01.28

New Year Party on 2010/2/11