Exercise 1: Hazard map
Participants draw a map of their community, indicating the areas and livelihood resources put at risk by certain climate, natural or human-made hazards, and discuss the changes in the type, extent, frequency and intensity of these hazards. The objectives of this exercise are to:
Identify important livelihood resources and assets in the community
Identify areas and resources at risk from climate, natural or human-made hazards
Analyse changes in areas affected and types of hazards seen
This exercise asks participants to share their knowledge so that local knowledge can complement the general knowledge developed in the review of the scientific and policy literature in Module 1. The map also provides knowledge for Exercise 4, which further analyses vulnerabilities of livelihood assets of the community.
Facilitation Facilitators provide pencils or markers in multiple colours and sheets of paper at least 80 cm x 100 cm in size. The exercise begins with the participants drawing the boundaries of the project area. The facilitators explain to the participants that they will be drawing a map of their community in two phases – the first focuses on boundaries, settled areas, facilities and resources, and the second on hazards. The facilitators ask the participants to start by drawing the locations of:
Roads and facilities such as places of worship, health clinics, schools and wells
Resources such as forested areas, water bodies, agricultural land, fishery zones, pastures and spiritual places
Villages and cities, if the map is drawn at district or regional level
Where conflict is a major hazard that could be an obstacle to the development of successful climate adaptation strategies, undertaking an additional conflict analysis would be a good idea. See Annex V for further guidance.
Facilitators ask the participants in drawing the maps to:
Use symbols to represent facilities, resources and other map entries
Create a legend for the symbols used on the map
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