The project was centered on identifying climate-related hazards through stakeholder experience in Divjaka. From this discovery, we used participatory planning methods to design and develop potential solutions to these hazards using nature. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are being considered for this project because of their lower environmental impact and ability to provide secondary benefits. Our sponsor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),has applied NbS to other places in Albania, and Divjaka was chosen for this new project because of the importance of the local environment to regional livelihoods. Through the process of community co-design, as well as meetings with local environmental agencies and municipal employees, four potential interventions were chosen.

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Creator

• Rincon Rogers, Cristobal
• Bornstein, Andrei
• Smith, Nora
• Rudolph, Luke

Subject

• Water
• Sustainability
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121522-124621
• 83431

Keyword

• nature-based solutions
• erosion
• Albania

Advisor

• Dodson, Leslie Lynn
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2022

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-12-15

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121522-124621

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-12