Bhutan

The first atlas of its kind, this new publication offers a comprehensive, regional understanding of the changing climate and its impact on water resources in five of the major river basins in the region: the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Salween and Mekong

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 141, January 2016:

This issue of the newsletter explores the extent of children's vulnerability and resilience to climate and disaster risks in several Asian cities. Specific institutional arrangements, programmes and

Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 129, April 2015

This issue offers a view of what top leadership in South Asia are thinking about managing disaster risk for sustainable development. It highlights the country statements issued by the dispensations of

This technical paper represents an initial attempt to assess the risk of disaster-induced displacement in eight countries in South Asia – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It presents results from the

This act repeals the 2006 National disaster risk management framework, establishing a new framework to strengthen the institutional capacity for disaster management of Bhutan and for a better mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR). The purpose of

This volume presents a comprehensive body of knowledge against the backdrop of intensifying disasters and in the absence of a focused documentation of disaster risk reduction issues in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. The main purpose and objective

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

The Women's Resilience Index (WRI) assesses countries capacity for risk reduction in disaster and recovery, and the extent to which women are considered in national efforts. It measures and compares the disaster resilience of South Asian countries