2007 floods in South Asia: understanding for action
This special issue of southasiadisasters.net is the second of a series of three on flooding in South Asia. In this issue international policies on flood preventation and mitigation in South Asia, lessons from the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition will be discussed. Based on interviews with local governments in Surat, Vadodara, Nadiad and Kheda the way municipalities deal with floods will be explain. Final and article on floods and communities will give more inside in the way vulnerable communities live.