Managing Flash Floods and Sustainable Development in the Himalayas

Gender and age inequality of disaster risk

This study explores the connection between gender and age inequality and disaster risk, examining evidence at a global level and in three case studies: earthquake (2015) in Nepal, flood (2015), cyclone (2019) and drought in Malawi, and hurricane (2017) in Dominica.

1 October 2019

Australian Aid International, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN Women

• Guidance and Tools

Mock Flood Exercises in Communities: Utilising Community-Based Early Warning Systems

2018

Practical Action

• Guidance and Tools

Indigenous technology of terraces and its hydrological functions for managing agricultural water and addressing multifaceted climate and water-induced disasters

This paper examines the indigenous technology of agricultural terraces as technological components of a broader agroecological system and the underexplored hydrological functions they serve.

17 January 2026

• Research and Studies

Early warning systems for cyclone and flood risks in Bangladesh

Start Network and NIRAPAD assess Bangladesh flood and cyclone early warning systems under the global Early Warning for All initiative

1 December 2024

NIRAPAD, Start Network

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned