The impacts of the 2000 floods are concentrated in those low lying, densely populated areas, neighboring the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap River and Lake. These areas are relatively fertile and productive, and are thus correlated with relatively higher incomes than the more hilly and remote regions that have escaped extensive flooding. Response of the International Community 7. Cambodia is endowed with a substantial donor community in residence, many of whom have specialized in disaster preparedness and response. Substantial resources have already been mobilized to provide food, shelter, implements and seed assistance to affected families and farmers.
Irrigation is the next largest sector.
Assessment of Flood Damage to Small Scale Infrastructure 9. As of end March 2001, SFKC had received 1,416 applications for flood rehabilitation assistance from 13 out of the 21 flood-affected provinces. This provides ample demand for both SFKC and other donor financed initiatives in small scale infrastructure rehabilitation, as estimated at pre-appraisal. Those applications that SFKC cannot finance with supplemental resources will be passed on to the NCDM for assignment to other donor programs. Such estimates, however, cannot be relied upon to rank provinces in terms of severity of damage and thus for targeting rehabilitation financing.