Flood resilience
Loading...
Authors
Practical Action Bangladesh
Issue Date
2016-03
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Disasters
Alternative Title
Abstract
The Zurich flood resilience alliance focuses on building resilience of vulnerable populations in Nepal, Bangladesh and Peru. We work with vulnerable populations to increase their understanding of risk, building flood resilient infrastructure, developing early warning systems and strengthening local capacity for food response. Increasing community awareness and knowledge on flood risk Developing early warning systems that reach isolated communities Supporting the building of flood resilient infrastructure such as safe houses and flood resistant wells. Training in diversified livelihoods so incomes can be maintained Strengthening national and sub-national government capacity for flood response Practical Action works as part of a wider alliance comprising of the Zurich insurance group, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and research partners International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center (Wharton) in the United States. https://practicalaction.org/global-flood-alliance-programme