Water

The Water Resource Management Authority (WRA) in Jamaica is reporting improved capacity to fulfill its mandate, which includes water management infrastructure and hydrological forecasting. The improvements will help the WRA face rainy seasons with more accurate, timely, and reliable data management and assessments.

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the 2017 floods in India, their impact on different areas of the country and the damage caused. It also examines India's underlying vulnerability to floods, which has been exacerbated in recent years by

Prolonged drought across Kenya has left communities living close to Mt. Suswa, an active volcano, to take innovative measures in finding water. Using aluminium and a concrete tank, residents harvest steam that condenses to drinking water. As droughts are becoming more frequent in Kenya, communities are becoming more dependent on finding new sources of water.

This paper explores the challenges and opportunities of citizen science within a broader context of disaster risk management and resilience. The paper reviews the state-of-the-art of citizen science within the context of hydrological risk reduction and

The unprecedented rains of 2015 in Chennai resulted in severe flooding, highlighting flaws in the city's flood management system. Still, inhabitants demonstrated resilience by adapting food delivery services and with volunteers helping vulnerable people. But more oversight of city construction is needed, particularly over its impact on green infrastructure.

This report takes a deeper look at the drought and saltwater intrusion (SWI) crisis faced by Vietnam from 2015-2016, identifies the gaps across key sectors, and recommends the principal short and longer-term actions needed for integrated disaster risk

A new study finds that it is essential to understand interactions between nature and people in order to determine whether a region will suffer from water scarcity in the future. In their modeling of climate change, researchers found that the human components of the model can make a big difference in where, when and how severely the impacts will be felt.

The decrease in blue and green infrastructures in Chennai has made the city less resilient to extreme weather events. This was a partial reason for the flooding of the city in 2015, as loss of wetlands and urban vegetation have decreased the city's environment to absorb excess rainwater and divert it for use during dry months.