2018 UN World Water Development Report, Nature-based Solutions for Water
The 2018 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2018) seeks to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, about the potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) to address contemporary water management challenges across all sectors, and particularly...
A Framework to Evaluate Urban Flood Resilience of Design Alternatives for Flood Defence...
In urbanized plains that are subject to flooding, the socioeconomic aspects, climate characteristics, built environment, and riverine processes exhibit bi-univocal relationships with the flood formation itself, creating a pattern of development without a predefined equilibrium state. The...
A Guide to Selecting Ecosystem Service Models for Decision-Making: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa
Over 80 modeling tools for mapping ecosystem services have been developed to help decision-makers better understand their local systems. These often consist of a set of models, each representing a particular ecosystem service. However, the usefulness of these modeling tools to support...
ABC of VCA
Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) uses various participatory tools to gauge peoples exposure to and capacity to resist natural hazards. It is an integral part of disaster preparedness and contributes to the creation of community-based disaster preparedness programmes at the rural and...
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Adopting nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction in Latin America
Practical Action Latin America (Soluciones Prácticas), as part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Program, sought to collect evidence of examples using nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction in Latin America and convenes a platform for regional knowledge exchange and learning. This working...
Advancing Coastal Risk Reduction Science and Implementation by Accounting for Climate,...
Climate change and population growth are degrading coastal ecosystems and increasing risks to communities and infrastructure. Reliance on seawalls and other types of hardened shorelines is unsustainable in an era of rising seas, given the costs to build and maintain these structures and their...
All-Hazards Preparedness Guide
Being prepared to prevent, respond to, and recover rapidly from public health threats can save lives and protect the health and safety of the public. Though some people feel it is impossible to be prepared for unexpected events, the truth is that taking preparedness actions helps people deal with...
Amphibious Homes for Flood Resilience in Vietnam and Bangladesh
Flooding is a yearly issue for people living in delta regions. However, climate change is making these floods more unpredictable and protracted, which is having a huge impact on communities. This video follows two Global Resilience Partnership grantees as they work to build floating homes to...
An Overview of Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region: A Community Perspective
The discussions in this booklet aim to address the complexity of risk in the Arab region, and present some tools which can be used by local governments, civil society and other institutions working in the field of environment and disaster risk reduction.
Andean Countries - Adaptation to the Impact of Rapid Glacier Retreat in the Tropical Andes...
El desarrollo Adaptación objetivo al Impacto del Retroceso Glaciar rápido en el Proyecto Andes Tropicales para los Países Andinos es contribuir al fortalecimiento de la resiliencia de los ecosistemas y las economías locales a los impactos del retroceso de los glaciares en los Andes tropicales , a...
Assessing Institutional Capacities for Flood Disaster Risk Reduction
This paper derives and presents an initial framework for assessing institutional capacities for flood disaster risk reduction. This paper discusses on vulnerable population from risk in order to help to identify where institutional arrangements are themselves contributing causes of vulnerability.
Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica
Jamaica, like many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is at high risk from coastal hazards due to its exposure to tropical storms, high levels of coastal development, vulnerable coastal communities, degradation of coastal ecosystems and the predicted impacts of climate change. This...
Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change and Adaptation Options for The Coastal People of...
The Bangladesh coastal zone is faced with a plethora of hydro-geographical constraints, coupled with unsustainable land use practices and precarious resource management. These conditions give rise to high incidence of poverty, loss of livelihoods, and wide scale migration. This study connects...
Best Management Practices for Stormwater Runoff
This document gives an insight of management of stormwater runoff through retention and detention pond.
Beyond the plan: How land use control practices influence flood risk in Sekondi-Takoradi
This article analyses how land use planning actions and inactions contribute to flood risk creation in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. In recent times, the planning system in Ghana has come under intense public criticism for failure to effectively control physical development in the major cities. The...
Bhutan: Silent Tsunami
En Bután, las personas están en una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar una inundación de los lagos glaciares (GLOF) - que los lugareños llaman "tsunami silencioso". Aquí, seguimos los esfuerzos de los ingenieros y 300 trabajadores locales, con la ayuda del FMAM y el PNUD, para evitar que un...
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Blue Infrastructure Finance: A new approach, integrating Naturebased Solutions for coastal...
Coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, coral reefs and seagrasses, are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Infrastructure investments have a significant and increasing impact on these zones. This paper argues that a focus on Nature-based Solutions (NbS), as part of...
Blue-Green cities for urban flood resilience
In her geosciences seminar delivered to Nottingham University, Emily O'Donnel explains the value of blue-green infrastructure (sometimes called SuDS) for reducing urban flood risk. She highlights the co-benefits these approaches bring beyond only reducing flood risk, provides examples from...
Breaking The Cycle: Good Practice Principles For Disaster Risk Reduction (Module 2)
This film is for DRR practitioners or those wishing to learn more about DRR practices. Good practice is demonstrated through case studies from Tajikistan, Malawi, India, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Burkina Faso. The film presents the fundamental principles for effective DRR...
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Building Disaster Resilient Communities
Since disasters are recognized to be one major stumbling block in attaining development goals, disaster reduction should be a major concern for all. There is a need to promote those disaster reduction activities that can be replicated, as stated in the book. This book can be used by development...
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