All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 100, November 2013:

This 100th issue takes stock of a wide variety of issues from the field of disaster risk reduction. It contains articles covering emerging issues such as the rebuilding process in Uttrakhand, building

This article summarizes the deliberations and presentations held at the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo 2013 and the AIDMI partnership forum focusing on South-South Cooperation at the local level in two areas: (i) scaling up the South-South

This article takes stock of the major challenges that lie ahead in rebuilding a more resilient Uttarakhand after the June 2013 floods. It raises important albeit inconvenient questions about how to make the best possible use of the help available and

This issue focuses on the preparedness activities that took place against the backdrop of Cyclone Phailin.

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 98, October 2013:

This issue builds on the experience of the 2011 earthquake in Sikkim. It focuses primarily on the recovery and rehabilitation of the Indian state of Sikkim following the 18 September 2011 earthquake

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 95, August 2013:

This issue covers articles related to disaster risk reduction and the floods in Uttarakhand. It is intended to national authorities and international organizations such as World Bank, Asian Development

This issue presents articles related to ecosystem, climate change, recovery and gender, in relation to disaster management planning in India and beyond. The content includes: (i) ecosystem based flood relief to recovery in Uttarakhand; (ii) a view from Delhi - emerging challenges of disaster risk reduction for the Asian Development Bank; (iii) ecosystem based disaster risk reduction; (iv) climate risk and district disaster management plan of Puri district, Odisha; (v) climate-smart revolution; (vi) addressing natural hazards in planning; (vii) long-term recovery issues in disaster management planning - emerging global trends; (viii) Yogyakarta declaration on disaster risk reduction; (ix) disaster risk reduction in post disaster shelter reconstruction - case study in the Indian sunderbans delta; (xi) gender, risk, and community mobilization in Uganda; (xii) what does the IPCC SREX report mean for India?; (xiii) protecting communities from climate change; (xiv) IUCN in Asia, a note for exploration.

This document lists five areas to support the system wide discussion around the future of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the humanitarian sector, including disaster risk reduction and climate change. The five areas highlighted are: (i) M&E of social