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1 List of Southasiadisasters.net (Issue No. 1 to 128, May 2005 to March 2015) Issue No. Headline of Issues Month of Published 01 Why southasiadisasters.net? May 26, Rethinking Water Risks: Lessons Learned from Japan June The Disaster Management bill, 2005 July Understanding the Tsunami Threat August A Sphere of Regional Recovery September Tsunami, Gender and Recovery October Disaster Risk Mitigation: Potential of Micro Finance for Tsunami Recovery October From Kutch to Kashmir: Lessons for use October Exchange for 79% Change November When Cash for Work Works December Making Decisions Better and Safer: A Resource for Leaders in South Asia February Cyclone Preparedness: Where does the Wind Blow? March Community Risk Transfer Through Microinsurance: An Opportunity for South Asia? May Joint Evaluations and Disaster Risk Reduction June ICT for DRR: Should not South Asia Lead? June Two Years after Kumbhakonam School Fire Tragedy: A Need for a Regional School Safety Campaign 17 Surat to South Asia: The Recurring Challenge of Urban Flood Mitigation July 2006 August Supporting Local Capacities: From Jargon to Impact August NGO Impact Initiative: Focusing on Results September The Interface of Complex Emergency and Natural Hazard: A Two-fold Tragedy for South Asia 21 The Role of NGOs and Civil Society: First IDMC: Session Report 22 Shelter Security in Kashmir: A Central Aspect of Long-term recovery 23 Information and Communication Technology in Disaster Management: Risk Reduction Practices in South Asia 24 Strengthening Local Capacities to Reduce Disaster Risk in Sri Lanka 25 Flood and Recovery: Options for Communities and Local Institutions October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 February Integrated Relief and Recovery after the 2006 Flood in Surat City February Engendering Disaster Risk Reduction in Recovery: Profile of a Regional Training March Women Reducing Risk After the Tsunami in Sri Lanka March Understanding Climate Change in South Asia April 2007 bestteam@aidmi.org All India Disaster Mitigation Institute 1

2 30 Child s Right to a Safer School: Lessons from Asia May TEC Recommendations: An Emerging Method for Institutional Compliance (Annual day 2007) June Disaster Reduction (HFA DRR) June Temporary Shelter, Permanent Shelter and Settlement Development: A Community Based Approach July Understanding The 2007 Floods in South Asia August Learn to Manage Your Own Risk: Tips from Asian Disaster Risk Reduction August Floods in South Asia: Understanding for Action September Innovating in Emergencies September Civil Society Consultation on DIFID s Plan for Working with Three Indias September Floods in South Asia: From Impact to Knowledge October Do Disaster Recovery Programmes Build Resilience? Learning to Measure in Sri Lanka 41 The Right Disaster? Human Rights and Dignities in Disaster Response: An Agenda for the 2 nd Asian Ministerial Conference October 2007 November Is Inclusion on your Emergency Response Agenda? December The Impact of Microinsurance in South Asia January The Potential of Index-based Insurance for Disaster Management 45 Long-term Recovery in Earthquake-affected Kashmir: Perspectives from Civil Society February 2008 March The Community-based Last-mile Early Warning System April Empowering Local Governments for Sustainable Disaster Risk Management 48 Long-term Recovery in Earthquake-affected Kashmir: Community Perspectives May 2008 June School-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons for South Asia July Reducing Risk: Learning and Doing July Climate Change Adaptation: What it will take in Asia August Community-based Disaster Management: Good Practice in Risk Reduction from Kashmir August Kashmir Earthquake Review: Progress under the HFA August Cyclone Nargis September Institutionalising Disaster Risk Reduction in Schools: Lessons for South Asia 56 Tsunami Recovery and Reform in South Asia: Two Years of Progress and Lessons from the TEC Regional Stream October 2008 February Asia Under Climate Threat: Role of Civil Society and Media March Exploring Disaster Risk Reduction in Higher Education: A Scoping Study December Safety Audit: First Step Towards Making Schools Safer April Disaster Risk Reduction Through Research and Education May 2009 bestteam@aidmi.org All India Disaster Mitigation Institute 2

3 61 Using the Red Cross Code of Conduct to Evaluate Flood Support in Bihar 62 Reducing Risk in Livelihood and Shelter: Lessons from Two Years of Bihar Flood Recovery June 2009 July Bihar Floods 2007: What Has Been Done? August DRR Education and Safety of Children: Efforts by Community and Local Institutions 65 South Asian Tsunami Recovery Efforts: Achievements and Challenges After Five Years 66 Enriching Climate Change Education in Asia: An Effort to Make Schools Safer 67 Involving Communities, Civil Society and NGOs in Disaster Management: Second IDMC Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Resilient Communities of Gujarat taking Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Actions September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 March Death burst in Leh August Is China Better at Protecting its Economic Growth from Disaster Risks? September Building Youth Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction October Regionalizing The Best Disaster Risk Reduction Practices: Third Regional Disaster Preparedness Workshop December Community-to-Community Learning January Promoting and Protecting Rights in Recovery February Recovery from Floods in Bihar March Humanitarian Accountability Standard: What Matters most in Humanitarian Action? 77 Understanding Risk and Intervening to Increase Resilience with Vulnerable Communities 78 Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction: Upward and Onward 79 Participatory Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment: Practice and Theory April 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August Long-term Recovery in Hilly Areas: Leh-Ladakh Cloudburst September School-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Education Safer November Sikkim Earthquake: What does it Take for Locally Owned Recover? 83 Microinsurance for Disaster Risk Reduction: Post Disaster Recovery of Poor 84 Reducing Risks through Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction 85 Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction in High Altitude Regions February 2012 March 2012 May 2012 June Making District Disaster Management Plan Pro-Poor July Strengthened and Enhanced Disaster Resilience of High Risk October 2012 All India Disaster Mitigation Institute 3

4 Coastal Communities 88 Towards Climate Smart Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia November Process Oriented District Disaster Management Planning: Pilots December Making Guwahati Prepared December Putting Children at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction January Learning School Safety for Making Education Safer April Ecosystem Based Disaster Management Planning June Towards HFA 2: Emerging Insights from the Grassroots July Floods in Uttarakhand: A New Relief Deal August The Child, The School and The Town September Children and Climate-Smart Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches September Building Back Better: A More Resilient Sikkim Post 2011 Earthquake October When Preparedness Works: Case of Cyclone Phailin October New Generation of Risk Reducers November Capturing DRR Voices Since 2005 January Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management in Action December Towards HFA2: Addressing Local Level Action January Towards a Resilient Future: Children and Disasters February Addressing HFA2: Building Community Resilience February Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking DRR with Micro insurance 107 We Can Not Leave Everything to God: Children and Crowd Management in Schools March 2014 March Children in Urban Space: Making Child Friendly Cities March Envisioning Resilience: Towards Climate Compatible Development 110 Adaptation in Retrospect: Perspectives from Successful Community-Based Adaptation Interventions April 2014 April Safeguarding Schools: Safer Schools for Safer Education May Preparing for the 6 th AMCDRR June Adding to the Agenda for the 6 th AMCDRR June Towards Urban Resilience July DRR in Hilly Regions: Challenges in Sikkim and other Hilly States 116 Managing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability in Humanitarian Action July 2014 August Risk Sensitive Heritage Conservation in Sikkim September Climate Change and the Himalayas September Overcoming Implementation Challenges for the HFA2: New Areas, Newer Insights October Managing Urban Risks in HFA2 November Addressing Humanitarian Effectiveness December Building Resilience for All December 2014 bestteam@aidmi.org All India Disaster Mitigation Institute 4

5 123 Towards Climate Compatible Development January Successful Community-Based Adaption January Children, Disasters and Cities of India February Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Humanitarian Action February Understanding Drought March Challenges of Urban Resilience March 2015 All India Disaster Mitigation Institute 5

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