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However, insecurity and crime remain concerns, particularly among residents from different original neighbourhoods.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001315#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Access to water and security of land tenure are major unresolved challenges. Residents in housing provided by the National Housing Authority (NHA) are less likely to possess ownership or rental paperwork compared to those in non-governmental organization (NGO) housing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001315#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Employment and livelihoods are difficult due to the remote location of resettlement sites, which increases the cost and time required to find work and access services. 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The product was redesigned using remote-sensing satellite technology to trigger payouts if rainfall drops below a threshold in any 21-day period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glorespar-000065#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies a 'file drawer problem' in international development literature, where failures are seldom published, leading to an overrepresentation of successful projects and a lack of structured knowledge on how to avoid common mistakes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glorespar-000065#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A critical constraint in resilience-building is the 'do no harm' principle, as testing fallible innovations in food-insecure or vulnerable communities carries higher risks than business failures in developed contexts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"glorespar-000065#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate resilience","Mangrove restoration","coastal management","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Sahel","Horn of Africa","South and Southeast Asia","Kenya","Philippines","Tacloban","India","Uganda","Tanzania"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","literature review"]},{"id":"glorespar-000090","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/glorespar-000090","title":"SYNTHESIS OF WATER WINDOW CHALLENGE RESULTS","publisher":{"name":"Global Resilience Partnership","organization":"global-resilience-partnership"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-09","source_url":"https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grp-ww-synthesis.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Water Window Challenge supported over 500,000 people across eight countries through 12 projects focused on flood resilience. 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