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ADAM adaptation catalogue - access by sector
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| Option name
| option is applicable to |
| Drought
| Flooding
| Heat wave
| Sea level rise
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| Awareness rising
| x
| x
| x
| x
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| Best management practices, efficient use of irrigation systems
| x
| x
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| Clearwater information exchange (Australia)
| x
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| Conservation and drought contingency planning
| x
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| Construction of dikes, levees, floodwalls, seawalls, groins, breakwaters, jetties, floodgates, tidal and saltwater intrusion barriers
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|
|
| x
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| Demand management (Australia)
| x
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| Desalinisation (Australia)
| x
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| Encouraging voluntary water conservation
| x
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| Enhancing storage for water
| x
| x
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| Establishing a drought communications system
| x
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| Financial aid (loans, tax reduction, debt reduction)
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Flood insurance
|
| x
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| Ground water cooling (using aquifers)
|
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| x
|
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| IM - demand management in Australia
| x
|
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| IM - ecological restoration
| x
|
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| IM - Forspace
| x
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| IM - grazing restrictions
| x
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| IM3 - Managed Aquifer Recharge (Australia)
| x
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| IM4 - Waterwise rebate scheme (Australia)
| x
|
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| IM5 - ecological emigration
| x
|
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| Implementing early warning systems
| x
|
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| Implementing whole-life-cost risk methodology
| x
| x
|
|
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| Introduction of planning disaster contingency
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Managing vegetation in order to balance hydrological processes
| x
| x
|
|
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| Preparation of evacuation
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Rainwater Tanks and Stormwater Harvesting (Australia)
| x
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| Reservoirs
| x
| x
|
|
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| Reviewing the local governments and water supply providers' conservation and drought contingency plans
| x
|
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| Runoff reduction by agronomic practices
| x
| x
|
|
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| Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS)
| x
| x
|
|
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| Water pricing
| x
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| Water Recycling (Australia)
| x
|
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| Water sensitive urban design (Australia)
| x
|
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| Water wise plants (Australia)
| x
|
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