Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Humanitarian Action in India

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
28 Feb 2015
Publisher
Southasiadisasters.net
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Countries
India
Organisations
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)
Link
http://www.aidmi.org/publications.aspx

Disasters are known to kill, and cause widespread deprivation in the communities they strike. Apart from claiming lives and livelihoods, disasters also push back the progress and hitherto achieved. Especially in the context of humanitarian action, any progress achieved is as best precarious if it is not disaster proof. Therefore, managing risk and building resilience against disasters should be cross-cutting themes in all areas of humanitarian action. However, this is not the case as these themes are looked upon as disparate areas and are not well integrated with other themes of humanitarian action.

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled 'Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Humanitarian Action in India‘. Contents include: (i) Community Based Disaster Management of WOTR; (ii) Role of ADRRN in HFA2 Implementation ; (iii) A Toolbox for Assessing Loss and Damage; (iv) A Journey to Resilience: 10 years after the Tsunami ; and (v) Way Ahead in Uttarakhand Recovery.