Impacts of sea-level rise in Africa
View of Lagos. Image ©http://coastalcare.org/
Impacts of sea-level rise in NigeriaNigeria’s coast is 850km long and comprises (from west to east) a barrier-lagoon...
Preventing flooding through a coastal bund
Perumalpettai's coastal bund for flood protection
Located along the low-lying coastal area of the Bay of Bengal in Tamil Nadu, only 500 m from the coast, the village...
Preventing flooding through bund strengthening and shutter construction
Kumarakudi's strengthened bund protecting arable land
The coastal village of Kumarakudi in Tamil Nadu with its 2,000 inhabitants is located 3km from the seashore on...
Flood protection through a wing-wall river bund
Kaduvetti's wing-wall river bund
Kaduvetti, a village located 2.5 km from the shore of the Bay of Bengal in Tamil Nadu and home to 52 families, is severely affected...
Farmer to farmer video at the Himalayan Permaculture Centre - Photostory
The Himalayan Permaculture Centre (HPC) works to support people in ten rural villages by promoting no-or-low cost, locally appropriate techniques that have the potential to improve livelihoods.
Adaptation strategies to climate induced water stress and hazards in the Greater Himalayan Region
This project contributes to improved understanding of the consequences of climate change for the livelihoods of mountain people and downstream communities, particularly regarding access to water resources and vulnerability to water-induced hazards.
Student-led clean water initiative builds resiliency among floating villages
August 2013: Mr Duoc’s family is 1 of 23 families living in a floating village on the Red River near Hanoi. The village is difficult to access with limited electricity and a lack of basic...
Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the Mekong delta
Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the Mekong delta
Communicating water-related climate change risks to improve local adaptation in the Mekong delta
Vulnerability assessment of livelihoods in Lower Mekong Basin
Vulnerability assessment of livelihoods in Lower Mekong Basin
Working together on Cape Town flooding
Flooding in Cape Town (photo credit: Rodger Bosch)
The City of Cape Town faces many challenges: in-migration, housing and service delivery backlogs, budget...
EWS Surat
Reduce the intensity of floods and resultant flood damage to Surat.
Surat City:The City of Surat is one of the...
Using climate information to plan adaptation in Cape Town
A vegetable farmer in Philippi, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Source: FLICKR/KOSMOSELEEVIKE
This case study focuses on the climate dimensions of land use...
Adaptation to climate change in Bangladesh
The city of Khulna in South-western Bangladesh suffers from frequent inundation due to high intensity rainfall events, ©Ludwig.
Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable...
Livelihood Diversification Through Integrated Production Systems
The districts of Maldah and Murshidabad in West Bengal belong to the most severely flood affected areas in India. Local livelihoods in these distrits are strongly dependent on rainfed agricultural production.
Flooding in Graveyard pond
Shacks in the informal settlement of Graveyard Pond located in a stormwater detention pond (photo by Laura Drivdal 30.03.2011)
IntroductionThe aim of this report is...
Impacts of Climate Change on the Urban Plan of Quy Nhon City
Dr. Michael DiGregorio and Mr. Huynh Cao Van undertook a study of the role of urbanization in increasing the severity of a 2009 flood in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam. By interviewing...
Early Warning Builds Resilience
“Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change by Establishing Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness Systems and Support for Integrated Watershed Management in Flood Prone Areas,” is a...
Vulnerability of the elderly to climate change in Northern Europe
This case study aims to explore alternative approaches for describing and mapping vulnerability of the elderly to future changes in extreme weather events across the Nordic region.
Climate change impacts in the Rhine-Meuse Delta in the Netherlands
MEDIATION project case study
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