Following a number of landslides in August 2002, the International Federation, supported by the Regional Delegation in Central America, obtained funding from the British government to implement an early warning system in the event of future landslides. The overall objective was to ‘promote the development of community organizational and planning processes for the identification of […]
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This study looks at flooding in Boulder, Colorado that occurred in September 2013. Though the scale of flooding was unprecedented, only 10 lives were lost, most infrastructure was maintained, and the recovery was relatively strong. This case study explores this resilience — what made it possible, and where there is opportunity for learning — by
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Case study and Guidance note to the VCA undertaken in Ladyville, Belize in 2005.
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Case studies of VCAs undertaken in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2008-2011. The locations include. Old Road; Dieppe Bay; Newton.
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Case studies of VCAs undertaken in Barbados in 2010. The locations include: Charles Rowe Bridge; Martin’s Bay.
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Case studies of VCAs undertaken in Nicaragua in 2011-2012. The locations include neighborhoods in the following cities: Las Sabanas; San José de Cusmapa; Somoto.
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Case studies of VCAs undertaken in the Bahamas in 2010. The locations include: Arthur’s Town; Fox Hill; South Eleuthera.
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Case studies and Guidance note to VCAs undertaken in Jamaica, in 2004 and 2010. The locations include: White Horses; Bullock’s Heights, Claverty Cottage.
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Case study of the VCA undertaken in Lethem Saint Ignatius, Guyana, in 2009
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Case study and Guidance note to the VCA undertaken in Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Guatemala, in 2005.
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