Adv. Clim. Change Res., 2010, 6 4 284J289284.nullnonmarkingreturn “.null6.null.null4.null2010.null7.nullADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHVol. 6 No. 4July 2010.nullnonmarkingreturn “1673-1719 2010 04-0284-06.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “ 2 College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;3 College of Economics and Management, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, ChinaAbstract Climate changes and urbanization are two main factors making human beings more vulnerable to disasters,and the two factors superimpose with each other in urban agglomeration. Furthermore, population, industry andinfrastructure are highly centralized in urban agglomerations, which would become the high-risk areas being vulnerableto disasters and easily suffering great losses. Five urban agglomerations in the coastal region of China have strongeconomic strength and are important engines for driving economic and social development. On the other hand, theyare located in the interaction area of land and sea, and suffer from the double impacts of sea and land disasters.Moreover, the disaster-bearing bodies of five urban agglomerations are too big, and accordingly they easily suffergreat losses under the background of climate changes. For the reason mentioned above, national related departmentsshould fully realize the urgency of coping with the impacts of climate changes on urban agglomerations in the coastalregion, put forward coping strategies as soon as possible, and take into account the impacts and adaptive measures insocio-economic development plans of the coastal urban areas.Key words climate change; sea level rise; urban agglomeration; coastal region2010.null5.null9.null10.nullnonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn nonmarkingreturn“.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn 20.nullnonmarkingreturn “70.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-..nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*.null.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn ““*,-./0.null2008.null12.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn R.nullnonmarkingreturn ““*.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*.nullnonmarkingreturn “*.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn 1.0.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “nonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-./.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,.nullnonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,.nullnonmarkingreturn “2009.null6.null.nullnonmarkingreturn “*.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-./.nullnonmarkingreturn 6.nullnonmarkingreturn “nonmarkingreturn *,-./.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “1 .nullnonmarkingreturn nonmarkingreturn“.null.nullnonmarkingreturn “*.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-./0123.nullnonmarkingreturn 10.null20.nullnonmarkingreturn “.null*,-./0.nullnonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “2 .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn.nullnonmarkingreturn “3 .nullnonmarkingreturn “*.nullnonmarkingreturn “*,-./.nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn .nullnonmarkingreturn “.nullnonmarkingreturn “nonmarkingreturn .null.null.null