Publications

10 June 2014

Tip Sheet: Gender-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management

The Gender Tip Sheets are a reference guide for staff and consultants of ADB and its developing members for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing gender inclusive projects. This issue focuses on the critical role of women i...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Rest of the World, South Asia

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02 May 2014

Adaptation in Retrospect: Perspectives from Successful Community-Based Adaptation Interventions

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 110, April 2014: So what do community based adaptation look like? And how do we think about them? This issue offers exactly this from global to local and East to West directions. The 110th issue...

THEMES : Community Based Adaptation / Disaster Risk Reduction / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Journal / Periodical

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, South Asia

23 December 2013

Asia Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future

The Asia Foundation is currently seeking highly qualified young professionals from Asia to join its inaugural 2014 cohort. The Asia Development Fellows program brings together next-generation Asian leaders interested in the region...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Community Based Adaptation / Disaster Risk Reduction / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Forecast and Assessment / Gender and Social Impacts / Loss and Damage / Mountainous Regions / Natural Resources and Agriculture / Private Sector / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

PUBLICATION TYPE : Announcement

Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia

04 December 2013

Community Driven Vulnerability Evaluation – Programme Designer

WOTR releases ‘Community Driven Vulnerability Evaluation – Programme Designer’ - a new composite tool for Vulnerability Assessment. “CoDriVE – Programme Designer” or “Community Driven Vulnerability Evaluation – Programme Designer”...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Communication and Awareness / Community Based Adaptation / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Forecast and Assessment / Gender and Social Impacts / Loss and Damage / Mountainous Regions / Natural Resources and Agriculture

PUBLICATION TYPE : Guideline / Manual / Toolkit

India, South Asia

.PDF file (3.92 MB) avliable

26 September 2013

Assessment of Capabilities, Needs of Communities, Opportunities and Limitations of Weather Forecasting for Coastal Regions of Bangladesh

Project Report: 2013-35 Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to a range of potential natural disasters due to its: i) unique geographic situation—80% of the country’s 140,000 km2 are eᴀectively Ḁoodplains of major river systems (Hopson...

THEMES : Coastal Zone Management / Communication and Awareness / Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

Bangladesh, South Asia

.PDF file (1.65 MB) avliable

15 March 2013

Mainstreaming Gender and Climate Change in Nepal

This working paper analyses the extent to which gender differences are reflected in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal, and examines opportunities and progress made towards mainstreamin...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts

PUBLICATION TYPE : Report / Paper

All Countries, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, South Asia, Central Asia

14 January 2013