Rebuilding Nepal by implementing SFDRR

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 134, July 2015:

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net tries to highlight the different perspectives on what the nature of the recovery and reconstruction should be three months after the Nepal earthquake. It is a must read for all who are interested in learning about the challenges and opportunities of rebuilding Nepal. What is presented is rigorous, evidence-based and rich with testimony of professionals. This issue also highlights the critical everyday connections that link local processes with implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in Asia.

This issue's contents includes: (i) Preface by Dr. Govind Nepal, Member, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal; (ii) Foreword by Margareta Wahlström, UNISDR; (iii) Lessons Learned from Nepal Earthquake by Kamal Kishore, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), New Delhi; (iv) Nepal Earthquake: Agenda for SFDRR Compliant Donor Response by Mihir R. Bhatt; (v) Disasters: A Creative Moment; (vi) Making Gender Central to Nepal Recovery; (vii) Reconstructing Shelter in Nepal; (viii) A Model Response by Government of India to Nepal Earthquake; (ix) Building Back Better after the Earthquake; (x) Rebuilding Nepal: What Donors Must Fund; (xi) Role of AIESEC Nepal in Earthquake Recovery; (xii) Rebuilding Nepal: Ideas for Designers; (xiii) Rebuilding Nepal: What Donors Must Know; (xiv) Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Humanitarian Response; (xv) Nepal Earthquake: Lessons for Indian Himalayan Region (IHR); (xvi) Community Resilience Plan Nepal; (xvii) FINDER Search and Rescue Technology Helped Save Lives in Nepal; (xviii) Women to Women Relief; (xix) Nepal Quakes: World Vision India's Response; (xx) Coordination as Humanitarian Action in Nepal; (xxi) Livelihood Recovery Agenda for Nepal; (xxii) Research Agenda for Nepal: A Country Recovering from a Mega Disaster; (xxiii) Evidence Aid Response to the Nepal Earthquake; (xxiv) Demands for Rehabilitation; (xxv) Financial Requirements for Recovery; (xxvi) Priorities for DRR and Building Back Better (BBB) in Nepal; (xxvii) Round Table Meeting on Nepal Earthquake 2015: From Relief to Recovery.