IDRC. Regional Office for South Asia and China2011-12-202011-12-202011http://hdl.handle.net/10625/47879Annex 2 is catalogued separatelyVarious community level actions were taken, resulting in increased understanding of the links between environment, livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). More than two dozen coastal villages benefitted from interventions. The project linked approaches to ecological rehabilitation, livelihood development, and access to information, responding to local needs and focusing on individual and community skills and existing expertise. Risk capacity and vulnerability assessments, if carried out at the beginning of the project, could have helped the project attain better results. Throughout this long-term rehabilitation project, attempts were made to build back lives of vulnerable survivors of prior disasters.Text1 digital file (33 p.)enCOASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENTADAPTIVE CAPACITYCAPACITY BUILDINGRESILIENCEENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIESDISASTER PREPAREDNESSSRI LANKAINDIACHANGE MANAGEMENTTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGEACCESS TO INFORMATIONIDRC Final Report