Transformation: Initiatives Towards Resilience

Publication language
English
Pages
12pp
Date published
10 Aug 2017
Publisher
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters
Countries
India
Organisations
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)
Link
http://www.aidmi.org/publications.aspx

Can cutting edge innovations that integrate disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation transform our views on risk from the standpoint of individuals, institutions and investments that shape resilience? This issue of Southasiadisasters.net offers an unusual range of such examples from India, prevalent not only in this country but all across South Asia. This issue's contents includes:

  1. Transformation: Initiatives Towards Resilience;
  2. Achievements of IMD in Heatwave Warning; 
  3. Heatwave and Cities: How Karachi Leads;
  4. Role of GUIDE in Disasters, Natural Resource Management and Habitat Conservation;
  5. Gujarat Long Term Recovery;
  6. Building Climate Resilient Communities in India; and
  7. Harnessing the Strengths and Capabilities of Emergency Responders.