Three hundred forty-seven persons were reported dead and more than 3.5 million people affected, many of whom had to evacuate from their flooded homes for more than a month. The 2000 flood in Cambodia inflicted damage amounting to USD145 million. The 2001 flood followed a similar pattern with even higher water levels in some communities (IFRC, 2001). To reduce flood vulnerability, a community-based approach to disaster management is empowering villages to implement flood mitigation and preparation strategies they themselves have formulated.
Resource collections
- Accountability to affected populations (AAP)
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
