SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
Population city-region (i.e. prefecture) - 8.15m
Land area city-region - 11819 km2
Density city-region - 690 pp/km2
Population city-region change
Changsha region
CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT HAZARD
(World Bank data on https://thinkhazard.org – for Changsha City)
Extreme heat - HIGH
Wildfire - HIGH
Water scarcity - low
River flood - medium
Urban flood - HIGH
Coastal flood - (no data)
Cyclone - HIGH
Tsunami - (no data)
Landslide - low
Earthquake - low
Volcano - (no data)
VULNERABILITY
Economic type - upper middle, rapid growth
GDP /pp city-region - $21000 USD ($40900 ppp)
HDI (national 2017) - 0.752
GOVERNANCE
(national level data)
Welfare regime (BTI) - 5.5
Control of corruption (SPI) - 4.1
Access to justice (WGI) - 4.2
RESOURCES
Organisations, Programmes, and Projects
Key Laboratory of Hunan Universities of Resources Use and Environment Change in Dongting Lake Basin, Hunan Normal University
Description: research group on flooding and urban development
https://english.hunnu.edu.cn/info/1135/1276.htm
Green Hunan
Description: environmental NGO focusing on environmental problems in the river basin, based in Changsha
湖南省人民政府
Description: Provincial Government Departments and Laws
http://www.hunan.gov.cn/hnszf/fzlm/wzdh/szdw/szdh.html
Academic Articles
Liu, S., Wei, C., Guo, Y. et al. (2011). Exploring harmonious development between urbanization and eco-environment based on climate analysis—A study in Changsha, China. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 18, 101–107
Description: quantitative analysis of relationship between urbanization and temperature change
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-011-0666-x
Hu, Q.; He, X. 2018. An Integrated Approach to Evaluate Urban Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change. Sustainability, 10, 1272.
Description: entropy, relational and index analysis of urban adaptive capacity
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041272
Wang, Y., Li, Z., Tang, Z. et al. A GIS-Based Spatial Multi-Criteria Approach for Flood Risk Assessment in the Dongting Lake Region, Hunan, Central China. Water Resour Manage 25, 3465–3484 (2011).
Description: quantitative analysis with a database of vulnerability indicators
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-011-9866-2
Chen, Y.; Zheng, B.; Hu, Y. 2020. Numerical Simulation of Local Climate Zone Cooling Achieved through Modification of Trees, Albedo and Green Roofs—A Case Study of Changsha, China. Sustainability, 12, 2752.
Description: scenario modeling for different temperature cooling options