Antananarivo in Madagascar faces pressing challenges related to urban floods and water pollution, which have wide-ranging impacts on its economy and environment. The integrated master plan, with its focus on nature-based solutions (NbS) and disaster evacuation planning, aimed to enhance flood resilience and living conditions in, specifically, low-income neighborhoods. The project, the design and evaluation of NbS for disaster evacuation and flood risk reduction will contribute to achieving the objective of improving urban living conditions and strengthening of flood resilience in Antananarivo's low-income communities situated along the Ikopa River floodplains.

The project was subdivided into four phases – inception, diagnostic, scenario building and synergies, and pre-feasibility – that resulted in the development of city-level strategic plans for three pilot sites and later recommendations for implementing and upscaling those pilots. The study included continuous stakeholder and community engagement to ensure the robustness of the process adopted for the initiative Click to Read