Sentence examples for flood interventions from inspiring English sources
Regional emergency funds were deployed for the first phase of flood interventions in Benin and Burkina Faso and for pre-election prepared-ness in the Central African Republic and Guinea.
The fragmented nature of flood interventions and water management thus raises important questions about what agency or group of agencies, and at what administrative scales, have the mandates, capacities and mechanisms of accountability to lead the region in enhancing capacity for adaptation to changing flood risk.
A particularly dramatic effect was achieved in 1965 when a flow diversion 'cut-off' was installed, which fitted in land management policies of major engineering flood control interventions elsewhere in the country.
In general, community level information is notoriously difficult to obtain, yet this is typically the focal scale of flood impacts and interventions.
The corresponding result for the full list of aspects is a slightly positive (+3) impact for the flood risk reduction intervention and a neutral (0) impact for the landslide intervention.
Bet the Farm As for the CBS portion of the broadcast, let's just get this over with: "The Producers" will win best musical, barring fire, flood or Congressional intervention.
For example, Scholte et al [40] highlight the severe decline of a number of species of antelope in the Waza National Park in Cameroon over the last 40 years, due to interacting effects of changes in rainfall, flooding and human interventions.
Integrated Flood Management (IFM) aims to harmonize human activities and flood risks through appropriate interventions to modify the water regime, and adaptation of human behavior thereby reducing such risks.
First, the study reviews literature on flood-related issues and interventions in several coastal mega-cities situated in developing nations.
This study evaluates the degree and magnitude of vulnerability in four communities subjected to similar climate change induced flood events and propose intervention options.
