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Displaying 3 of about 3 resultsEducation for sustainable development, case studies and best practices:This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development. It shows how communities, scientists, activists, non-governmental organizations, teachers, st…
Beginning in late December 2004, unusually heavy rainfall in Guyana resulted in severe flooding within the coastal administrative regions of West Demerara/Essequibo Islands, Demerara / Mahaica, and Mahaica / West Berbice. These areas comprise 75 percent of Guyana's population and include the capital city, Georgetown. Flooding was insidious in onset and…
The 2004 Floods. In April, the haor areas in the country’s northeast suffered from flash floods that destroyed a substantial portion of the boro rice crop. The main wave o f monsoon flooding started in early July, eventually affecting 36 million people (almost a quarter of the total population) living in the northwestem, northeastern and central distric…