Flood adaptation and mitigation in the Awash Basin: responding to new climate patterns

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dc.creatorTaye, Meron Teferi
dc.creatorHaile, Alemseged Tamiru
dc.creatorDessalegn, Mengistu
dc.creatorNigussie, Likimyelesh
dc.creatorBekele, Tilaye Worku
dc.creatorNicol, Alan
dc.creatorDyer, E.
dc.date2024-09
dc.date2024-12-20T12:16:44Z
dc.date2024-12-20T12:16:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:40:22Z
dc.descriptionThe Awash Basin in Ethiopia experiences frequent flooding, sometimes with devastating consequences. Climate change is now creating new flood regimes in different parts of the basin and reshaping the interaction of flooding with rapidly changing communities. This is causing heightened risk, particularly for the most vulnerable communities across the basin, and requires new forms of management and response. This study explores the physical changes in rainfall and landscapes leading to major flood events and examines the interaction of physical phenomena with societal and economic dynamics across the basin’s upper, middle, and lower reaches. The study’s multi-dimensional perspective includes analysis of hydroclimatic variables at the basin level including global drivers, flood characterization in selected catchments, and understanding of affected communities at sub-catchment levels. Selected catchments cover urban parts of the Awash, as well as agricultural, pastoral, and agro-pastoral areas. The major focus of the work was the recent extreme wet season in 2020 and associated flooding during which an estimated, 144,000 were displaced and 60,000 hectares were inundated. This was the most serious flood event in the basin since 1996.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168123
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/162340
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversity of Oxford
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceTaye, Meron Teferi; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Bekele, Tilaye Worku; Nicol, Alan; Dyer, E. 2024. Flood adaptation and mitigation in the Awash Basin: responding to new climate patterns. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford. REACH Programme. 44p.
dc.subjectflooding
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectmitigation
dc.subjectriver basins
dc.subjectrainfall patterns
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectland cover
dc.subjectremote sensing
dc.subjectimage analysis
dc.subjectstream flow
dc.subjectcommunities
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectrisk coping strategies
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectinstitutions
dc.titleFlood adaptation and mitigation in the Awash Basin: responding to new climate patterns
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