Managing risk and building resilience in humanitarian action in India

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 126, February 2015:

This issue focuses on the theme of Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Humanitarian Action in India. This issue's contents includes: (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.

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.