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In July 2010, heavy monsoon rains affected millions of people by submerging approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's land area.

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Pakistan: 'Disaster risk reduction plan on the cards'

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) convinced the donor agencies on the concept of 'Building Back Better' so that the new houses would have the resistance to face any disaster in future...
News International, the - Jang Group, the
Documents and publications
2011

The state of environmental migration 2010

This document is intended to be the first of an annual series, which will aim to provide the reader with regularly-updated qualitative assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration throughout the world. The record-breaking

International Organization for Migration Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
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Pakistan: Disaster management

The Business Recorder describes the vulnerabilities faced by Pakistan, ranging from earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones, landslides and sea-based hazards, and calls for the establishment of a disaster management structure with a mitigation policy...
Business Recorder
Documents and publications
2011

The 2010 flooding disaster in Pakistan: an opportunity for governance reform or another layer of dysfunction?

This paper considers whether there is any chance that the flooding disaster might set a new tone for building governance in Pakistan, one that moves from a longstanding narrative of widespread corruption and perceived lack of legitimacy to a more balanced

Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Pakistan - Disaster mitigation: Japan to grant a flood warning system

Japan has agreed to provide a modern 'warning system' to Pakistan which will enhance the country’s capacity for early flood forecast, said chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Dr Zafar Iqbal Qadir on Saturday...
Express Tribune News Network, the
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Oxfam: Floods in Pakistan demonstrate that commitments made six years ago to save lives have not been met

Oxfam called on the Pakistan government and donors to respond to the dire humanitarian needs now and also invest in disaster prevention measures to ensure that this year’s crisis is not repeated...
Oxfam International Secretariat
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WFP urges Pakistan to enact disaster prevention strategies

A senior official from the World Food Program warns floods in Pakistan will continue to wreak havoc on the population if disaster prevention strategies are not enacted, says Voice of America...
Voice of America
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Pakistan: 'Bad governance has accentuated the environment crisis' - Interview

'We have to look at a different way of allocating resources to withstand floods and other disasters. We have to initiate a process, which over the years can help us to better deal with climate related disasters'...
Friday Times, Inc.
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Pakistan: Another victim of climate change

Weather related disasters hit the country regularly, however, little has been done by the government in adaptation and mitigation to the climate change, writes Zafar Iqbal for the Environment News Service in a call for disaster risk reduction...
Environment News Service, the
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Pakistan: Mitigating disaster

In his opinion for Dawn, Mohammad Hussain Khan urges the federal and provincial governments to seriously consider disaster mitigation methodologies with reference to changing weather patterns as 'adaptation is key to disaster risk reduction.'...
Dawn Media Group