Coastal flooding … and FUAs Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding in Taranto
Taranto: Coastal flooding … and FUAs Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding was 0.3005 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ▲ Rising
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in Taranto, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
Taranto recorded 0.3005 Percentage of built-up area for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Taranto peaked at 0.3789 Percentage of built-up area in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2624 Percentage of built-up area, in 2007.
Taranto ranks 143rd of 1315 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Coastal flooding … and FUAs Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding in Taranto, year by year
| Year | Percentage of built-up area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3052 Percentage of built-up area | — |
| 2001 | 0.2755 Percentage of built-up area | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 0.286 Percentage of built-up area | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2809 Percentage of built-up area | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2765 Percentage of built-up area | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2714 Percentage of built-up area | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.2668 Percentage of built-up area | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2624 Percentage of built-up area | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2869 Percentage of built-up area | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 0.2836 Percentage of built-up area | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2818 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2805 Percentage of built-up area | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2761 Percentage of built-up area | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3545 Percentage of built-up area | +28.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3789 Percentage of built-up area | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3737 Percentage of built-up area | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3737 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3602 Percentage of built-up area | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.348 Percentage of built-up area | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.347 Percentage of built-up area | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.347 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.303 Percentage of built-up area | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3005 Percentage of built-up area | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coastal flooding … and FUAs Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding in Taranto changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +28.4% | 0.2761 Percentage of built-up area | 0.3545 Percentage of built-up area |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2795 Percentage of built-up area | 0.2624 Percentage of built-up area | 0.3052 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3375 Percentage of built-up area | 0.2761 Percentage of built-up area | 0.3789 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3168 Percentage of built-up area | 0.3005 Percentage of built-up area | 0.347 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Taranto?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in Taranto was 0.3005 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 Taranto?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3789 Percentage of built-up area in 2014.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in Taranto?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2624 Percentage of built-up area in 2007.
- How does Taranto rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- Taranto ranks 143rd out of 1315 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in Taranto?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taranto 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