Nepal

SHEAR projects have been conducting research to improve the understanding of aftershock and landslide risks, so that disaster risk reduction planning can be improved, and resilience strengthened.

SHEAR research partners at the University of Cambridge

This brief describes the complex challenges faced by South Asian countries and outlines key priorities for governments to rebuild better from the current pandemic crisis. Countries in South Asia, before COVID-19, were already battling critical

This brief will discuss the impact and results of the MRED-II program in Nepal.

• MRED communities are better prepared for disaster. Households who said they were ‘completely’ confident in their ability to cope with floods rose 25 percentage points (16%

This document presents the work of MRED-II to improve the resilience of farmer cummunities in Nepal and Timor-Leste. The purpose of MRED-II is to enable vulnerable smallholder farming communities in Nepal and Timor-Leste to be more resilient to natural

Building Information Platform Against Disaster (BIPAD) has the potential to create systemic shift on disaster governance in Nepal conforming to the global principles of Sendai Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). National Disaster Risk Reduction

Building resilience requires a long-term commitment and an integrated approach to strengthen the capacities of individuals, households, and communities to respond to, recover from, and prevent (where possible) shocks and stresses.

This report synthesizes

Adaptation decision making is context-specific. There are different approaches, methods and tools to support adaptation decision making, including the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The choice of approach, method or tool depends on the nature of the problem

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Perspectives on the Pandemic: COVID-19 in South Asia’ and brings forth different perspectives on managing the COVID-19 outbreak in South Asia. South Asia is unlike other regions in the world, it is