Coping with disasters - Himal Southasian Magazine March 2011 special issue

Coping with disasters - Himal Southasian Magazine March 2011 special issueThe carnage and devastation in the aftermath of a tsunami triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake in north-east Japan have once again showed us how unprepared we can be for disasters. 

Some of the relevant articles covered in this issue are:

For a little bit of love
By: Timothy Senaviratne
Surviving the tsunami

Responding to calamity
By: Dilip D’Souza
Notes from some shattered fields

After the cloudburst
By: Manisha Sobhrajani
Dealing with disaster can be a humbling experience

Slowly and deliberately
By: Edward Gonzalez
Rebuilding towards a deeper, richer democracy in Pakistan, post the recent floods

Water, still everywhere
By: Chris Cork
Losing the battle of hearts and minds in post-flooding Pakistan

Four lives
By: Nyla Daud
Banding together during the Pakistan floods

The right of the river
Interview: Dipak Gyawali
River-water management in Southasia

The people Vs the environment
By: Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Officials in India keep reviving the dead debate on floods – to the detriment of local communities and the national exchequer

Managing floods through proactive governance
By: N Vinod Chandra Menon
Indian officialdom is pioneering efforts to incorporate disaster management in development planning

The next big one

By: Kunda Dixit
Nepali’s hear it all the time: the next big earthquake is scientifically considered overdue. Only recently has the government actually begun to take some action.

Shelter from the storm
By: Gawher Nayeem Wahra
Cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Drowning in media indifference
By: Nalaka Gunawardene
Once again, the mainstream media in Sri Lanka has proven itself irrelevant in reporting and responding to catastrophic flooding

Disaster as opportunity
Interview: Michael G Renner, Worldwatch Institute
Can natural disasters offer a way out of protracted conflict situations?

Commentary: Embankments - Riding the tiger
The embankment-building craze that started in this region during the 1950s has not ended six decades later

Opinion: Impelled to protect
By: Samir Nazareth
Organised religion remains an underutilised proponent in combating climate change.

Sighting: Devastated queen
By: Richard Boyle
A peculiar concatenation of circumstances led to the world’s worst-ever train disaster.

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