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Climate Resilient Action Plans for Coastal Urban Areas

Closed
Adaptation
Urban development
Call 2
Sri Lanka
Time consumed
 
Start: 19-Sep-11 End: 19-Sep-13
Lead Nordic partner
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Norway
Local partner(s)
University of Moratuwa
Other partner(s)
UN-HABITAT Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific , Batticaloa Municipal Council , Negombo Municipal Council
NCF grant size
378,308
Total project cost
551,496
Technologies
Rainwater harvesting
Methods
Training
Country of implementation:
Sri Lanka
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Description

The project aims enhance the overall resilience of stakeholders to climate change in costal Sri Lankan cities.

70% of Sri Lanka’s urban population and 80% of its economic infrastructure networks are concentrated in coastal cities, which are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts (sea-level rise/flooding, salination of water resources, storm surges, cyclones, droughts) which disproportionately affect poor urban communities forced to live in the most vulnerable...
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Objective

The project's expected main results are:

•Climate Resilient Adaptation Strategies and Supporting Action Plans (CRASAP) developed and implemented through participatory processes in Batticaloa Municipal Council (BMC) and Negombo Municipal Council (NMC) including technical solutions as storm water management tools, rainwater harvesting models, climate resilient shelter and disaster response systems, planning solutions for protective coastal green belts as multi-purpose (including livelihood) areas, training solutions as climate change...
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Results

The project developed four climate resilient adaptation strategies and supportive action plans in a participatory manner. The 4 Climate Resilient Adaptation Strategies and Supporting Action Plans (CRASAP) under this project are:

a. Water resource management, and especially drainage and sanitation impacts during intense rainfall events

b. Multi-purpose green belt (12km) established to protect the lagoon and coastal areas, to restore mangrove eco-systems & coastal bio-diversity in the...
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Relevant links
Norwegian Institute for Water Research, University of Moratuwa

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