How will dam and infrastructure collapses, massive urban flooding and widespread coastal inundation shape China’s 91 cities with over a million people each

China now has 91 cities with over a million people each. Many of China’s most productive industrial zones — think Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai — are located along the Pacific Ocean, in low-lying coastal areas, at an increasing risk to be exposed to dramatic sea-level rise, typhoons and coastal flooding.

Some 400 of Louisiana’s most decrepit bridges that were designated to get funding by 2027 make part of ca 795 state-owned +793 locally-owned bridges needing support

China’s central regions — think mega cities like Zhengzhou and Wuhan and its vital farming areas — are intersected by a huge web of rivers and canals that often flood as a result of heavy rainfall.

A 2018 study suggested that the heavily populated North China Plain could become the deadliest place on Earth for devastating heat waves by 2100 and could, by the end of the 21st century, result in being uninhabitable.

400+ major cities at high/extreme environmental risk, 80% of Top 99 Cities are in India, China

Due to sea-level rise and associated flooding, Guangzhou, in the Pearl River Delta near Hong Kong, faces what could be the world’s highest risk of damage, financially speaking. Shenzhen, a mega city in Guangzhou’s vicinity, has strong chances of dealing with the same.

What will such climate change trends mean for the innovation ecosystems in China’s 91 cities with 1M+ people each?

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