Sustainability
Sustainability is commonly divided into technical and institutional aspects. Technical aspects are related to whether the interventions stay viable to the problem they address. This may involve the capacity of local communities to benefit from the intervention in the long term in terms of a) access , b) affordability and c) knowledge to the resources involved in the intervention. Furthermore the interventions which reduce vulnerability in the short-medium term should not cause mal-adaptation in the long-term. Institutional aspects are concerned with assessing whether mandated stakeholders have the capacity to manage interventions into the medium and long-terms. When evaluating the sustainability of an adaptation project, it is useful to consider the following questions: