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During the conflict, millions of Angolans fled the countryside for the relative safety of crowded shantytowns in coastal cities. The poor often settled in flood-prone environmentally risky sites, building homes incrementally where land was cheap. Angolan coastal settlements, house 64% of the Angola's urban population, are confronted by the dual challenge of supplying their war-displaced populations (particularly the poorest) with adequate water supply and safe housing. while at the same time confronting new problems of adapting to the climate and environmental changes that are occurring in these highly vulnerable coastal areas. The project's research team has recovered and analysed historical rainfall data; then digitalising it for sharing in the public domain. Mapping the results demonstrates the dramatically increased rainfall variability. Risk maps and physical planning information were co-produced and validated with the participation of local communities and municipal government administrations on-the ground. Urban planning in Angola must incorporate climate change adaptation considerations, taking into account newly available information on variability risks. Reduce Vulnerability of communities themselves can be promoted through micro-planning and co-participation with municipalities to develop adaptation plans, resilient to climate change and natural disasters.

The article argues that despite ample justification for donor fatigue, the international community has, in fact, stayed engaged in Angola during the last decade. Investment in humanitarian & development/rehabilitation programming can be understood as a donor strategy for influencing regional stability & building peace. The war raises risks for the major powers who have progressively increased their stake in the lucrative Angolan petroleum economy. The Community Rehabilitation Programme (CRP), launched in Brussels in 1995, had a clear agenda to help consolidate the peace process launched in Lusaka in 1994 & the donor financial support necessary to make the plan viable. The author argues that the CRP program incorporated some of the essential elements for effective peace building. These fundamentals included: institutional reform, rural-urban economic equilibration, social & infrastructural rehabilitation, & community buy-in. The opportunity to have a real impact on the peace process was missed due to the failure of key implementing actors to put an effective operational program in place in a timely manner. Donors, & more importantly communities, lost patience & the CRP was effectively sidelined. When a belated extension of state administration was attempted in 1998, the CRP mechanism was already moribund. A strategic opportunity to involve communities in the process of civic reconstruction paid for by international donors was wasted. Lessons from these failures can be drawn & the analysis applied to develop improved strategies for engaging communities, local government & other actors such as donors. A renewed program for alleviating the Angolan humanitarian crisis & at the same time contributing to the peace process is proposed through strengthening communities' capacities & investing in civic institutions. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.

The article argues that despite ample justification for donor fatigue, the international community has, in fact, stayed engaged in Angola during the last decade. Investment in humanitarian and development/rehabilitation programming can be understood as a donor strategy for influencing regional stability and building peace. The war raises risks for the major powers who have progressively increased their stake in the lucrative Angolan petroleum economy. The Community Rehabilitation Programme (CRP) launched in Brussels in 1995 had a clear agenda to help consolidate the peace process launched in Lusaka in 1994 and the donor financial support necessary to make the plan viable.
The author argues that the CRP programme incorporated some of the essential elements for effective peace building. These fundamentals included: institutional reform, rural‐urban economic equilibration, social and infrastructural rehabilitation and community buy‐in. The opportunity to have a real impact on the peace process was missed due to the failure of key implementing actors to put an effective operational programme in place in a timely manner. Donor's and more importantly communities, lost patience and the CRP was effectively sidelined. When a belated extension of state administration was attempted in 1998, the CRP mechanism was already moribund. A strategic opportunity to involve communities in the process of civic reconstruction paid for by international donors was wasted. Lessons from these failures can be drawn and the analysis applied to develop improved strategies for engaging communities, local government and other actors such as donors. A renewed programme for alleviating the Angolan humanitarian crisis and at the same time contributing to the peace process is proposed through strengthening communities' capacities and investing in civic institutions.