Research Article

Climate Change Vulnerability and Key Adaptation Trajectory of the Regional Economic System

Table 1

List of symbols for the manuscript.

SymbolDescription

IIMInoperability input-output model
IPCCIntergovernmental panel on climate change
AR5IPCC’s fifth assessment report
RCPsRepresentative concentration pathways proposed in IPCC’s AR5
The output of sector
Intermediate demand of sector from sector
Final demand of sector
Direct-input coefficient
Sector outputs vector
Technological coefficient matrix
Final demand vector
The Leontief inverse matrix
Production capacity of sector
Direct-output coefficient
Value-added component
Row vector of sector supply
Direct-output coefficient matrix
Row vector of value-added items
The output inverse matrix
Total regional demand for the products of sector
Product supply of sector
The value-added vector required by the economic system when the social final demand have changed
The sector inoperability vector of the economic system
The current value-added vector of the economic system
a resulting diagonal matrix constructed from the given vector
The sector resilience coefficient matrix
TTemperature anomaly in period t
Electricity demand in period t
Electricity demand in period t without climate warming
Water demand in period t
Water demand in period t without climate warming
Regional demand for health service in period t
Regional demand for health service in period t without climate warming