The snake and the river, don’t run straight: Local knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Eastern Terai of Nepal

The general purpose of this report is to provide inspiration and ideas to implementing organizations to help them understand and identify local knowledge, practices and contexts in relation to disaster preparedness. For this purpose, a case study was undertaken in the eastern Terai of Nepal to document local knowledge on flood preparedness in nine villages. The case study revealed that, over time, local people had generally developed considerable local knowledge and practices on flood preparedness.