01 Dec 2023
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, commonly experiencing floods, droughts, and typhoons. According to the latest assessment of the World Risk Index (2022), the Philippines is the country with the highest disaste...
Tags: Other type of resource, Report, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
24 Feb 2016
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of ‘Child Centered Disaster Management Planning in India.’ As widespread poverty and climate change exacerbate the risk of disasters on children, it is time to embed corrective pol...
Tags: Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Planning, Urban Risk Reduction, Youth Disaster Preparedness
13 May 2015
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper looks at lessons drawn from previous comparable disasters and seeks to provide invaluable information and assistance to the operational agencies responding to the crisis. Seventeen Le...
Tags: Other type of resource, Earthquake