Environmental Livelihood and Vulnerability Mapping (ELVM) project report
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Title:
Environmental Livelihood and Vulnerability Mapping (ELVM) project report
Creator:
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Japan - government
ProAct Network (ProAct)
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU) ( summary contributor )
Publisher:
ProAct Network (ProAct)
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Copyright Date:
2010
Language:
English
Physical Description:
Final report

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Summary:
This report is a project assessment of the hazard exposure of populations in northern and southern Darfur. The results of this assessment will inform the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s efforts to return and resettle internally displaced persons (IDP) throughout the country. Stable resettlement requires a resource-rich area with minimal hazards, such that communities may sustain rural livelihoods with minimal risk of evacuation. The selected regions are defined in 16 km square grids and subject to a framework developed by the Environmental and Livelihoods Vulnerability Mapping (ELVM) team. Terms such as “vulnerability”, “exposure”, “hazard”, “impact”, and “adaptive capacity” are explicitly defined within the context of the project. The project identifies four major environmental limiting factors that determine viability for livelihood—potential rain availability, rainfall predictability, potential groundwater availability, and potential energy (i.e. wood-fuel). These factors were assessed in combination to produce a multi-hazard vulnerability index (MHVI) for each 16km x 16km cell. This index was considered in the context of a community population and its adaptive capacity to attain an environmental and livelihoods vulnerability index (ELVI). The ELVI provides quantifiable expressions for the resettlement potential of each cell on the grid. These results are clearly displayed in maps and vulnerability diagrams. The vulnerability diagrams were produced using software especially created for the project. They depict each major environmental limiting factor plotted on radial axes. Vulnerability analyses are expressed in maps such that the most at-risk areas and their hazards are clearly seen. This report contains diagrams from select study areas, though diagrams for each cell are available on the project’s online platform. The report concludes with recommendations for further analyses that would broaden the geographical scope of the assessment to western Darfur. Quality will be enhanced during future stages through consultations with regional experts and related agencies. The additional information will enable the refinement of indices and provide current data that would improve future analyses. ( English )
Subject:
Livelihoods Vulnerability ( English )
Scope and Content:
List of Figures p. iv; List of Tables p. vi; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. vii; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS p. viii; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY p. x; 1. INTRODUCTION p. 1; 1.1 Overview of the Report p. 2; 2. BACKGROUND p. 3; 2.1 General Description of Major Environmental Factors in North and South Darfur p. 3; 2.1.1 Situation p. 3; 2.1.2 Climate p. 3; 2.1.3 Geology and Soils p. 5; 2.1.4 Topography p. 8; 2.1.5 Vegetation p. 10; 2.2 Natural Resource-Based Livelihood Activities in North and South Darfur p. 11; 2.2.1 Livelihoods - A Definition p. 11; 2.2.2 Livelihoods in Darfur p. 11; 2.2.3 Natural Resource-Based Livelihood Activities in Darfur p. 12; 2.3 Vulnerability p. 17; 2.3.1 Conceptual Issues p. 17; 2.3.2 Social and Environmental Vulnerability Assessments p. 17; 2.3.3 Vulnerability Mapping p. 18; 2.3.4 Vulnerability Related Definitions in the ELVM Project p. 19; 3. ELVM METHODOLOGY - A SUMMARY p. 21; 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELVM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK p. 24; 4.1 Limiting Factors to Primary Production and Livelihoods p. 24; 4.1.1. Climatic Factors p. 27; 4.1.2. Hydrogeology - Groundwater and Soils p. 41; 4.1.3. Drought p. 48; 4.1.4. Environmental Resilience and Trends p. 49; 4.2. Land Cover p. 52; 4.2.1. Land Cover Dynamics - The Qozes of South Darfur p. 53; 4.2.2. Fire p. 56; 4.3. Woodfuel p. 59; 4.3.1. Darfur Wood Resources - Supply p. 61; 4.3.2. Darfur Population Woodfuel Demand p. 65; 4.3.3. Darfur Woodfuel Balance p. 66; 4.3.4. Issues to Consider p. 68; 4.4. Quantifying Environmental and Livelihoods Vulnerability of the Study Area p. 70; 4.4.1. Potential Rainfall Water Availability Index (PRA) p. 71; 4.4.2. Potential Groundwater Availability Index (PGA) p. 73; 4.4.3. Rainfall Predictability Index (RP) p. 73; 4.4.4. Potential Woodfuel Sufficiency (PWS) p. 76; 4.4.5. Adaptive Capacity (AC) p. 78; 4.4.6. MHVI, A Combined Index of Spatial Vulnerability to Multiple Hazards p. 81; 4.4.7. Environmental and Livelihoods Vulnerability Index (ELVI) p. 85; 4.5. Graphical Presentation of the ELVI and MHVI p. 89; 4.6 Notes on Data Quality and Chronology p. 90; 5. ELVM VALIDATION PROCEDURES p. 94; 5.1 FIELD VERIFICATION PROCESS p. 94; 5.2 Satellite Imagery, Acquisition and Processing p. 94; 5.2.1. Satellite Imagery Used in the Project p. 94; 6. REPRESENTATIVE APPLICATIONS OF THE ELVM FRAMEWORK p. 107; 7. FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF DATA SOURCED AND PROCESSED IN THE ELVM PROJECT p. 111; 7.1 Classification of Potential Livestock Production Systems p. 111; 7.2. The Agronomic Dry Boundary: The Limits of Sustainable Millet Production p. 113; 7.3 Maps and Datasets Developed During the ELVM Project p. 117; 8. RECOMMENDATIONS p. 118; 9. CITED REFERENCES p. 120; 10. ANNEXES p. 127; 10.1 Reviewed Literature on Livelihoods Classifications, Rural Production Systems and Natural Resource Use and Management p. 127; 10.2 Reviewed Literature on Vulnerability Concepts, Methodologies and Approaches p. 130; 10.3. Sources of Geo-Referenced and Spatial Data Used in the Project p. 134; 10.4 Data Values per 16km x 16km Grid Cell p. 136 ( English )
Citation/Reference:
(2010). Environmental and livelihoods vulnerability mapping (ELVM) in North and South Darfur, Sudan. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Government of Japan, ProAct Network.

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