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BOX 12 Examples of adaptation options and general policies

Sector Options/adaptation strategy The General policy
Water supply/ ? Development of water ? Adoption of urban water policies
storage and maintenance
and integrated management of water
water risks
9-12 December, 2013 ? Water maintenance ? Water risk management,
technologies,
resources,
incentives, water reuse,
? Integrating climate change concerns into
water recycling, improving
national policies
water efficiency
? Controlling groundwater extraction
? Raising public awareness,
operations
drawing flood hazards
map, promoting public
participation, developing
floods adaptation and risk
mitigation programs,
? Promoting investment in
water supply networks,
controlled use of
groundwater in urban and
rural areas

Infrastructure/ ? Improving sanitary drainage, ? Designing laws, regulations and criteria,
settlements replacing the main sewage integrating climate change concerns into
including cities in network, encouraging water the designing operations,
coastal zones filtration operations and ? Developing land use policies, securing
storage, financial incentives, raising awareness
? Redesigning and moving about living in hazardous areas.
structures, building water
and storm barriers and
regulators, developing
sandy mountains and
wetlands, promoting land
tenure,
? Building hard structures to
cope with sea level rise and
floods, protecting existing
environmental barriers
? Maintaining and
safeguarding defensive areas
around every building and
district.

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