Hydro climatic disasters in water resources management: training manual

The main objective of this training material is to build the capacity of water managers and others to develop strategies for coping with hydro-climatic disasters such as floods and drought within the context of water resources management. An added expectation is improving the resilience of vulnerable communities and reducing the impact of extreme events.

The manual builds on international experience in disaster mitigation of the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the Cap-Net Global Network. Its development is an initiative of the Kenyan branch of the Nile Capacity Building Network for Integrated Water Resources Management, Nile IWRM Net.

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Date:

2009

Pages:

139 p.

Sources:

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters (OCHA)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa (UNISDR AF)
International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net)
Nile IWRM Capacity Building Network (Nile IWRM Net)

Keywords

Themes:: Climate Change, Early Warning, Recovery, Risk Identification & Assessment, Governance, Economics of DRR, Water, Disaster Risk Management
Hazards:: Cyclone, Drought, Flood, Land Slide