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3 Methodology
3.1 Data needs for the study
Thailand country project phase I of ACCCRN program, considered five cities, and main objective was the selection of two cities for the study under next phase. In order to meet study
objectives, ensuring the availability of data under each study component was a crucial factor. Outcome of phase I study expected to help evaluation of the potential and the feasibility of
further analysis under phase 2 for the two cities selected as the core beneficiaries of ACCCRN program.
To proceed towards in-depth studies, it was felt that a certain amount of base data is required covering a considerable period. The consistency in terms of data coverage for all cities and
short time period available for the study were seen as challenges. Furthermore, even if data is available, reliability of data also needs to be evaluated. ACCCRN initiative focuses on urban
areas; thereby district as well as city level information are needed to conduct a sector based urban climate change vulnerability assessment. The resolution of data for instance is of high
importance for study on spatial distribution of relevant sectors at risk from climate hazards.
With regards to climate parameters, the time period covered by the data set is important as it primarily will be used for trend analysis and also to draw some projections. Higher the
coverage the team felt it will help to produce better future projections and also to come up with a better scenario assessment.
Therefore, the team has developed initial plans to collect data concerning three categories; firstly infrastructure data including roads, buildings, drainage and sewerage network,
power and communication; then meteorological data such as temperature data, precipitation data, wind data and air and water quality data and finally disaster related past data in terms
of number of events, damages, and loss per disaster type etc. Each data category has been assessed and rated according to two other criteria also: namely data availability and data
reliability. Rating has been assigned in a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 as the lowest and 5 as the highest. Zero 0 implies that no data exists.
3.2 Data collection
Mode of data collection by ADPC team was through a combination of desk and field surveys by a team of specialists. The survey team made an attempt to collect data directly from source
agencies as much as possible but in certain cases relied on secondary data sources also. Some of the information has been obtained through meetings and interviews with appropriate
personnel from the relevant technical agencies located in Bangkok, in the target provinces, cities as appropriate. It was felt important to share the objectives and the method adopted by
the study team with source agencies concerned in order to provide a clear understanding on the study objectives, expected outputs etc. Study team was careful not to raise expectations
unnecessarily on the final outcome and subsequent process.
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TEI to reinforce team efforts as well as to have better coordination. Subsequently ADPC study team made several field visits to cities as needed to gather information. In addition,
information was obtained thro’ web search and also study of references, project reports available elsewhere. One such source was ADPC and AIT libraries. ADPC has already
conducted few projects in target cities and such study reports produced by ADPC were found to be useful.
ADPC team had meetings for checking the availability and field verification of data. Meetings were held with individuals and groups from target cities, government agencies,
professional bodies, universities, relevant NGOs and CBOs.
3.3 Steps used for delivery of final outputs
The delivery of final outputs was carried out in several steps, as given below: i.
Preliminary investigation •
Identification of partners, stakeholders and source agencies •
Establishment of survey teams and appraisal of methodology adopted ii.
Conduct literature survey for collecting information on previous studies on •
Assessment of vulnerability to disaster events •
Assessment of vulnerability to Climate change targeting cities, provinces of Thailand
iii. Participation in meetings organized to introduce the project objectives to target citiesdistricts
• City workshop in Bangkok organized by TEI
• Workshops organized in respective cities
iv. Detailed analysis for development of climate risk profile •
Scenario buildings on potential Climate Change impacts and trends •
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of data availability •
Setting up a criteria for study using different indicators •
Analysis under 3 main indicators •
Prioritization of Cities based on the scoring as per the selected criteria. v. Collection of disaster related data for target cities and sector based vulnerability
assessment •
Visit source agencies in Bangkok •
Visit source agencies in the provincial officers •
Develop building foot print maps •
Develop preliminary survey for analysis of spatial distribution of hazard types
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Sector based vulnerability assessment in the field •
Capacity assessment for undertaking relevant projects by cities vi. Reporting and recommendation
• Reporting the preliminary assessments and recommendations
• Data presentation to the Advisory committee
• City level meeting to present the final assessment results
• Submission of reports to ACCCRNRF
3.4 Detail explanation of study approach
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