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Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century and A Summaryfor Policy Makers were researched and written by a team led by Abhas K. Jha (Task Team Leader,...
The floods that hit Pakistan in 2010 were the worst in the country’s
history. The humanitarian response achieved remarkable successes in
minimising the immediate loss of life and...
Intense storms and a major cyclone at the end of June and early July 2007 caused severe flooding in Pakistan, displacing over 300,000 people and affecting more than 2.5 million. Balochistan and...
This document presents an overview of key concepts necessary for understanding the flooding problem, descriptions of appropriate construction materials and techniques as well as a set of stndards...
Sector 7:Kot Diji DRR Training Park Area: 3 acres Demostration & Training Pavillions for Sustinability & Resilience to Counteract Climate Change Impact
Every year vulnerable communities across the country prepare themselves for the risk and reality of devastating floods of the type that affected 20 million people in 2010. Realising that the...
Disaster risk management (DRM), including disaster risk reduction (DRR), has received increased attention in Pakistan since the 2005 earthquake and the 2010 floods. In particular, development...
In recent years, earthquakes have shaken Japan, China, Indonesia and Haiti; flooding has swamped Pakistan and the Mississippi Delta; hurricanes have tested New Orleans and the Gulf Coast; and...
Pakistan is a particularly relevant case study for
the research into the role of the affected state in
humanitarian action. It has suffered from two
major natural disasters...
Pakistan's One UN Programme (OP I) was signed on 4 February 2009 in the presence of the UN
Secretary General and the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Initially for a two-year period from...