disaster reduction,
climate change adaptation
livelihoods and governance
what's new?
Studies/reports/publications
- Disaster chapter of the
Bangla Development Encyclopedia being prepared by eminent writer Selina
Hossain.
- Finished UNDP project
to assisting Gov of Bangladesh in preparing National Report on Hyogo
Monitoring and progress review.
- Study on SAARC disaster
management policy and institutions- presented in INSA and Regional
Conference on Disaster Management in
- New global
report-‘Flood disasters: Learning from previous relief and recovery
operations’ published by ALNAP/ODI. www.odi.org.uk/alnap/publications/pdfs/ALNAP-ProVention_flood_lessons.pdf
- Climate change study in
10 African countries: ‘Unjust Waters: Climate Change, Flooding and the
Protection of Poor Urban Communities - Experiences from Six African
Cities’. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/TBRL-76GR49?OpenDocument
AND www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/portal/archive/pdf/tiempo64low.pdf
- New emergencies and
their Governance link http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/DPAL-5ZAHPW?OpenDocument
- Disaster preparedness
for natural hazards: current status in
Latest Projects
- CCA and DRR project that
I designed for Danida launched in
- New project with UNFCCC
in developing a technical paper on mainstreaming climate change in DRR
policies.
- Three new training in
- Re-appraisal of great
Indian Earthquake of 1897 is underway.
- A six country
international project on climate change and urban flooding in
- ActionAid’s global
emergency manual launched (I led the process).
- Assisted Government of
Cambodia in designing their community based risk reduction strategy.
Project done.