This document provides an overview of efforts taken to build flood resilience in Colombo, Sri Lanka and makes the case for urban wetlands management as viable approach for flood protection and other benefits.
It provides key lessons learned, namely in the need to clearly identify and measure the additional non-flood related benefits of wetlands management, such as heat reduction and waste water treatment. It also recommends the use of the Robust Decision Making methodology to handle uncertainty and support decision-making.
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Resource collections
- Floods
- Learning from crises
- 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
