It doesn’t rain often in the desert, but when it does, the danger can be extreme. A Zurich study reviews what can be learned from devastating floods...

In October 2015, South Carolina experienced days of torrential rains and severe flooding.The floods were a major disaster. Total losses have been...

The PERC report “Urgent case for recovery: what we can learn from the August 2014 Karnali River...

This thesis employs a political ecological approach to examine the discursive, material, and ontological production of floods as disasters along...

The devastating flood of 2000 brought to public attention the need for appropriate actions to minimize future social and economic losses in Hat Yai...

Disasters pose a growing threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management efforts have largely failed to arrest the underlying drivers of...

This report summarizes the findings of a country case study on Bangladesh, which is part of a ProVention Consortium initiative aimed at learning...

In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing over 9,000 people, destroying or badly damaging more than 800,000 homes and...

Relocation and resettlement of the families affected by floods and landslides that occurred during May 2003 in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, forms the...