Vision and Purpose

Figure 4 Svartlamon timber houses

Vision and Purpose

Vision: The Svartlamon Contingency Plan for Sea Level Rise Flooding will be a community plan that develops strategies to cope with unexpected and unprecedented flooding related to sea level rise, in order to reduce disaster risks and to relieve disaster impacts by addressing vulnerabilities.

Purpose:

• Develop a contingency plan to address humanitarian needs in Svartlamon • Understand how contextual vulnerabilities, capacities and risks relate to disaster • Identify potential impacts and prioritize response actions with time frame • Identify stakeholder responsibilities and potential governance mechanism • Estimate the cost of response actions and the potential cash flow

Figure 6 Methodology Figure 5 Svartlamon caravans

METHODOLOGY

This paper focuses on identifying echoed patterns of floods in Trondheim, continuing in setting selected variations and inconsistencies in a contingency planning process on a given scenario. The Scenario provides basic planning assumptions, which would be used to estimate likely needs in terms of both needs of resources and response strategy. Based on that, a contingency plan is developed.

We started from understanding the scenario and brainstorming over the effect it would have on the city context. Svartlamon is our chosen site, as it fits best the given characteristics on the given scenario. Another important aspect on this process was identifying case studies to help us interpret how other countries experienced and dealt with floods.

The second approach is analyzing the problem. We carried out a Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA). VCA helps us to identify vulnerable population groups and community assets as well as their needs and capacities, and to analyze potential risks about how they will be affected in disasters. Then a review of historical flooding impacts in Trondheim follows. The historical analogy method helps us develop scenarios for future ones by learning from past crises.

Findings of our preliminary research lead to our goals and objectives. Based on vulnerabilities and capacities as well as risks and we concluded above, response strategies are developed to address vulnerabilities. Responses are categorized into types covering various fields of intervention under different circumstances.

The last step resolves around the development of implementation, operational support and preparedness plans as well as budget in accordance with the response strategies.