TIKS4DRR

Traditional cultural practices to predict floods

Location

Place : Central Taiwan
 
Country : Taiwan
 
Region : East Asia
 
 

Hazard

Primary : Flood

Secondary: Cyclones

Typology of Heritage

Knowledge and Practices concerning nature

Aspect of Disaster Management

Monitoring

Summary

In Taiwan, the Indigenous Tayal communities have developed an indigenous perception and prediction strategy for cyclones, based on their close contact with nature and their cultural practices. They have also employed various adaptation pathways and resilience capacities to cope with the changing weather patterns and the impacts of cyclones

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