Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant
Alicante/Alacant: Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to was 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ▼ Falling
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
Alicante/Alacant recorded 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant peaked at 0.0175 Percentage of built-up area in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area, in 2022.
That places Alicante/Alacant 255th out of 1315 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant, year by year
| Year | Percentage of built-up area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0105 Percentage of built-up area | — |
| 2001 | 0.0095 Percentage of built-up area | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0175 Percentage of built-up area | +84.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0156 Percentage of built-up area | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0147 Percentage of built-up area | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0139 Percentage of built-up area | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0129 Percentage of built-up area | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0125 Percentage of built-up area | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0121 Percentage of built-up area | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0117 Percentage of built-up area | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0114 Percentage of built-up area | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0112 Percentage of built-up area | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.011 Percentage of built-up area | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0108 Percentage of built-up area | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0105 Percentage of built-up area | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0103 Percentage of built-up area | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0103 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0091 Percentage of built-up area | -11.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0088 Percentage of built-up area | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0087 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0087 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0086 Percentage of built-up area | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0131 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0095 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0175 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0102 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0087 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0114 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0086 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area | 0.0087 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
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- Assumptions for probability of dying by age, sex, type of projection 0.0002 Number (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Alicante/Alacant was 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0175 Percentage of built-up area in 2002.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0085 Percentage of built-up area in 2022.
- How does Alicante/Alacant rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- Alicante/Alacant ranks 255th out of 1315 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in Alicante/Alacant?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Alicante/Alacant data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of population and built-up exposure to coastal floods. Data sources and methodology Coastal flooding indicators are estimated using the Global coastal flood hazard maps (Muis, S. et al., 2016). This dataset provides the extent of coastal floods for different return periods (10 to 100 years) with a 1-kilometre resolution. A return period corresponds to the estimated time interval between floods of similar intensity. Built-up area exposure to coastal floods is computed by intersecting this map with Copernius annual land cover data (Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2019) and population exposure is computed using the Global Human Settlement Population layer (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). Harmonised international hazard models are used to ensure global comparability, consistent modelling assumptions across countries, and complete subnational coverage. These estimates may differ from official subnational flood risk statistics due to differences in methodological approaches - such as the use of global, modelled top down hazard maps versus national hydrological models or administrative flood zone delineations - as well as variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and hydraulic modelling techniques. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org