DRR in hilly regions: challenges in Sikkim and other hilly states

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 115, July 2014:

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net aims to highlight the challenges to effective DRR in Sikkim and other hilly states of India.  It contains the following articles: (i) The challenge of DRR in Sikkim and other hilly states of India; (ii) The rationale of the disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation convergence; (iii) Disaster risks in high mountain regions; (iv) Planning disaster preparedness in India: key thoughts; (v) Overview of the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) for Sikkim; (vi) Living with floods in Assam; (vii) The vulnerability of Sikkim to multiple hazards; (viii) Regional consultation for West and Central Africa: co-Chairs' summary report; (ix) The need for DRR sensitive heritage conservation in Sikkim; (x) Disaster in Devbhoomi: a year after the floods in Uttarakhand.

Each contributor keeps global and national efforts for DRR in mind and offers ideas, insights, or evidence to make the HFA2 process include India’s experience. The document asserts that while the HFA2 process has strived to include citizens who face a high altitude disaster risks, more evidence taken from specific locations and events could be included .