Sustainable management of this critical resource requires an understanding of the nature and scope of the problems to be managed in general and to acquire useful information which enables the stakeholders to identify and assess existing and potential future water … Read More
The Astana City Akimat/Government (ACA) has been investing increasingly to its water infrastructure, including construction of flood dykes, wastewater treatment plants, and water supply networks. However, flood risks remain serious due to a bottle neck for flood flows in the … Read More
The Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB) aims to enhance regional access to improved climate change knowledge and climate services for project stakeholders. Under this program, the main objective of the project is to build … Read More
Monitoring of weather patterns in Cambodia has, over the last decades, shown an increasing impact of climate change, leading to reducing water resources and respective impacts for the local population. Based on the conditions well described in the ToR, HYDROC … Read More
ADB and the Government of Nepal are supporting the Water Resources Project Preparatory Facility (WRPPF) to identify and prepare high-priority water resources management projects for potential funding by the Government with assistance from the ADB and/or other development partners. WRPPF … Read More
The project will strengthen integrated, risk-informed planning capacity of the seven project cities which are in the early stages of urbanization (Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Long Xuyen, Soc Trang, Tan An, Vi Thanh and Vinh Long) to incorporate green infrastructure … Read More
The Nile and its main tributaries flow through several large wetlands of great relevance for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the NBI and the riparian states for the management … Read More
Water Practice wished to explore intervention options for implementation in the south of Somalia. As such, sand dam and sub surface dam site selection is crucial and the World Bank has undertaken a pre-feasibility study for developing wadis in the … Read More
The physiographic study is purposed to spatially and physically characterise the Nzoia watershed along several land characteristics including land cover, land use, soil characterisation, slope characterisation, land cover changes, agro-climatic zones, catchment degradation, morphology, geology, and water quality with the … Read More
The main objective of this assessment is to identify Climate Risks in terms of, principal climate hazards that affect the province and the extent of Exposure and Vulnerability in case of each climate hazard identified and, to prepare a Composite … Read More
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are increasingly affected by the consequences of advancing natural resource degradation in form of deteriorating land productivity and rising disaster risks. Deforestation, extensive animal grazing and other degrading practices have contributed to increase erosion and disintegrate the … Read More
The purpose of this work is to assess the status of Early Warning Systems (EWS) and the emergency communication network for inland and coastal flooding and to provide recommendations for the improvement of the same and/or establish new systems. Specifically, … Read More
Macro level study on the integrated development potential of sand-river wadis of Somaliland and Puntland. The study aims to define the hydrological principles that should be followed for improved planning, operation, maintenance and management of water resources in Somaliland and … Read More
An increased frequency for extreme weather situations due to climate change has been predicted for Thailand. For mitigating the risks and damages, ecosystem-based approaches do not play much of a role in water resource management practices yet. Within the scope … Read More
Flood risk modelling and mapping for the entire Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan based on a combined modelling / remote sensing approach, the development of detailed flood maps, development of guidelines for map use in English and Dari as well as … Read More
Disaster risk analysis and mapping in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan focusing on avalanche risk and landslide risk. The assessment and mapping covers the entire Badakhshan province. Actual services provided by our staff within the assignment: Activities include ground … Read More
Thorough disaster risk analysis and mapping in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan focusing on avalanche risk, flood risk and landslide risk. Four districts in Badakhshan Province are assessed, described and mapped regarding their risk profile. Actual services provided by … Read More
Malawi is under significant pressure from population growth and climate change. It is foreseeable that land and water resources will become scarce and water allocation and water quality aspects will be key for the future sustainable development of the country. … Read More
Through the project “Responding to Climate Change” the Government of Mozambique wants to prepare the country for the negative impacts of climate change while at the same time create opportunities for sustainable growth and investment. The project focuses on identifying … Read More
Wetland mapping in the whole of the Nile Basin. The project aims at identifying the wetland resources and ecological hotspots in the basin and includes field trips as well as stakeholder consultation, data evaluation, the processing of Landsat satellite imagery … Read More