Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin

A regional cooperation effort coordinated by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has created a credible system that links multiple stakeholders to work together to address flooding and its impacts. The Flood Preparedness and Early Warning (FPEW) projec...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Entebbe 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25712779/reducing-flood-devastation-nile-basin
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spelling okr-10986-235912021-04-23T14:04:16Z Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin World Bank Group FLOODING TECHNOLOGY PREPAREDNESS EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FLOOD SEASON RISKS FLOODPLAINS DROUGHTS WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WARNING PROGRAM EMERGENCY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS EARLY WARNING CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD EVENTS TENTS ANNUAL RUNOFF FLOOD PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES FLOOD WARNING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BANK FLOOD EARLY WARNING CAPACITY-BUILDING FLOOD CAPACITY CLIMATE RELIEF AGENCIES RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS DAMAGE FLOOD LEVEL FLOOD RISKS FLOOD RISK NATIONAL CAPACITY CAPACITY BUILDING DISASTER EARLY WARNINGS DEVASTATION FLOOD INCIDENTS WARNING SYSTEM FLOOD IMPACTS OF FLOODS FLOOD FORECASTING WATER RESOURCES FLOOD PERIOD SEDIMENT LOCAL FLOODING RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RELIEF WATERSHED RISK MITIGATION FLOOD FORECAST FLOOD PREPARATION FLOOD DISASTERS WARNING SYSTEMS FLOODS BASINS CAPACITY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WATER FLOOD MITIGATION FLOOD PRONE AREAS BASIN FLOODS FORECASTING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DISASTERS EVACUATION FLOOD PREPAREDNESS FLOOD PROBLEMS FLOOD EMBANKMENT WATER LEVELS MODELING RUNOFF HYDROLOGICAL DATA RELIEF EFFORTS CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES RAINFALL DATA EMERGENCY SHELTERS FLOOD WARNINGS A regional cooperation effort coordinated by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has created a credible system that links multiple stakeholders to work together to address flooding and its impacts. The Flood Preparedness and Early Warning (FPEW) project that ran until 2010 operated in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan. It created a regional flood preparedness and early warning program which is ongoing, reducing the risk of flood devastation for over 2 million people in the region. 2016-01-07T20:16:47Z 2016-01-07T20:16:47Z 2015-05-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25712779/reducing-flood-devastation-nile-basin http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23591 English en_US The Nile story briefing note,no. 7; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Entebbe Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic FLOODING
TECHNOLOGY
PREPAREDNESS
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
FLOOD SEASON
RISKS
FLOODPLAINS
DROUGHTS
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WARNING PROGRAM
EMERGENCY
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS
EARLY WARNING
CLIMATE CHANGE
FLOOD EVENTS
TENTS
ANNUAL RUNOFF
FLOOD PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES
FLOOD WARNING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
BANK
FLOOD EARLY WARNING
CAPACITY-BUILDING
FLOOD CAPACITY
CLIMATE
RELIEF AGENCIES
RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS
DAMAGE
FLOOD LEVEL
FLOOD RISKS
FLOOD RISK
NATIONAL CAPACITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
DISASTER
EARLY WARNINGS
DEVASTATION
FLOOD INCIDENTS
WARNING SYSTEM
FLOOD
IMPACTS OF FLOODS
FLOOD FORECASTING
WATER RESOURCES
FLOOD PERIOD
SEDIMENT
LOCAL FLOODING
RIPARIAN COUNTRIES
RELIEF
WATERSHED
RISK
MITIGATION
FLOOD FORECAST
FLOOD PREPARATION
FLOOD DISASTERS
WARNING SYSTEMS
FLOODS
BASINS
CAPACITY
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
WATER
FLOOD MITIGATION
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
BASIN FLOODS
FORECASTING
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
DISASTERS
EVACUATION
FLOOD PREPAREDNESS
FLOOD PROBLEMS
FLOOD EMBANKMENT
WATER LEVELS
MODELING
RUNOFF
HYDROLOGICAL DATA
RELIEF EFFORTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES
RAINFALL DATA
EMERGENCY SHELTERS
FLOOD WARNINGS
spellingShingle FLOODING
TECHNOLOGY
PREPAREDNESS
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
FLOOD SEASON
RISKS
FLOODPLAINS
DROUGHTS
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WARNING PROGRAM
EMERGENCY
FLOOD-PRONE AREAS
EARLY WARNING
CLIMATE CHANGE
FLOOD EVENTS
TENTS
ANNUAL RUNOFF
FLOOD PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES
FLOOD WARNING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
BANK
FLOOD EARLY WARNING
CAPACITY-BUILDING
FLOOD CAPACITY
CLIMATE
RELIEF AGENCIES
RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS
DAMAGE
FLOOD LEVEL
FLOOD RISKS
FLOOD RISK
NATIONAL CAPACITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
DISASTER
EARLY WARNINGS
DEVASTATION
FLOOD INCIDENTS
WARNING SYSTEM
FLOOD
IMPACTS OF FLOODS
FLOOD FORECASTING
WATER RESOURCES
FLOOD PERIOD
SEDIMENT
LOCAL FLOODING
RIPARIAN COUNTRIES
RELIEF
WATERSHED
RISK
MITIGATION
FLOOD FORECAST
FLOOD PREPARATION
FLOOD DISASTERS
WARNING SYSTEMS
FLOODS
BASINS
CAPACITY
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
WATER
FLOOD MITIGATION
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
BASIN FLOODS
FORECASTING
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
DISASTERS
EVACUATION
FLOOD PREPAREDNESS
FLOOD PROBLEMS
FLOOD EMBANKMENT
WATER LEVELS
MODELING
RUNOFF
HYDROLOGICAL DATA
RELIEF EFFORTS
CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES
RAINFALL DATA
EMERGENCY SHELTERS
FLOOD WARNINGS
World Bank Group
Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
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relation The Nile story briefing note,no. 7;
description A regional cooperation effort coordinated by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has created a credible system that links multiple stakeholders to work together to address flooding and its impacts. The Flood Preparedness and Early Warning (FPEW) project that ran until 2010 operated in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan. It created a regional flood preparedness and early warning program which is ongoing, reducing the risk of flood devastation for over 2 million people in the region.
format Brief
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
title_short Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
title_full Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
title_fullStr Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
title_full_unstemmed Reducing Flood Devastation in the Nile Basin
title_sort reducing flood devastation in the nile basin
publisher World Bank, Entebbe
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25712779/reducing-flood-devastation-nile-basin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23591
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