Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: Lessons from Sri Lanka
Available online: http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SriLanka_Inside_Story_final_web-res.p [...]
M. Dubbeling ; Climate & Development Knowledge Network
Published by: CDKN ; 2014
This case study aims to illustrate how the Western Province in Sri Lanka is promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry as a strategy to reduce vulnerability to climate change, while at the same time enhancing urban liveability and livelihoods. Key messages include that the province is promoting the rehabilitation of flood zones through their productive use as a strategy to improve storm water infiltration and mitigate flood risks. It is recommended that future upscaling of these interventions will need new urban design concepts and the development of a provincial climate change action plan, in parallel with a revision of local and national policies. The paper argues that achieving this progress on policy will require improved impact monitoring and awareness raising at all levels of government, partnership and capacity building and local financing.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Agroclimatology ; Food Safety ; Climate change ; Sri Lanka 
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