Climate Change

Global Warming May Double Japan Heat-Related Deaths, Study Says

Global warming may lead to more heat-related deaths and increase the damage caused by floods in Japan, a group of researchers said in a study released today.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Japan, Climate Change, Floods, Trees, Afforestation, Flood Control
Natural Disasters

Organizations demand protective measures along river Barak at Manikpur

The members of four different organizations named Youth Against Social Evils, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha and Sara Assam Nirman Shramik Union along with t

Publication Date: 
06/03/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Barak Valley, Cachar, Flood Control, Barak, Soil Erosion, Rehabilitation, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Review of Ganga Flood Control Commission: Standing Committee on Water Resources (2013-2014)

This is the twenty first Parliamentary Standing Committee report on 'Review of Ganga Flood Control Commission' presented in Lok Sabha on 20 February 2014.

Publication Date: 
20/02/2014
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Flood Control, Ganga, India, Drainage, Water Resources, River Linking, Reservoirs, Farakka Barrage, Climate Change
Natural Disasters

Eighth Nepal-Indian meet on flood management

The eighth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management (JCIFM) was held during 4th – 8th February, 2014 in Kathmandu.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2014
Nepal News (Nepal)
Tags:
India, Nepal, Floods, Natural Disasters, Disaster Management, Flood Control, Kamla, Bagmati, South Asia
Natural Disasters

Locals take initiative to prevent flooding

Hundreds of locals living near Mohana River in Kailali are building an embankment along the river banks to prevent flooding in their settlement.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, Floods, Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, South Asia, Flood Control
Natural Disasters

Nepal‚ India delive into flood control measures

The eighth meeting of the Nepal-India joint committee on inundation and flood management was held from February 4 to February 8 in Kathmandu.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
India, Nepal, Floods, Natural Disasters, Flood Control, Bagmati, South Asia
Science And Technology

Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience

A set of Guidelines on ‘Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience’ has been developed by Melanie Duncan at University College London in collaboration with a number of contributors.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2014
Melanie Duncan, Kate Crowley, Ros Cornforth & et al
UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS)
Tags:
Development, Science, NGO, Bangladesh, Knowledge, Information, Climate Change, Global Warming, Floods, Disaster Management, Scientists, Appropriate Technology, Public Participation, Flood Control, Agriculture, Weather Predictions, Farmers, Kenya
Natural Disasters

Rs 180-crore channelisation project to check flood fury

The Rs 180-crore Chhonchh khud channelisation project, the foundation stone for which was recently laid by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh at Dahkulara in the Indora Assembly constituency in lower K

Publication Date: 
24/01/2014
Rajiv Mahajan
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, Floods, Monsoons, Soil Erosion, Planning Commission, Flood Control, Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters

Nod to 226 flood-control schemes

As many as 226 new schemes were approved at the 45th meeting of Haryana State Flood Control Board held here yesterday with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the chair.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2014
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Jhajjar (D), Floods, Drainage, Flood Control, Natural Disasters
Water Resources

Why Eastern Himalayan countries should cooperate in transboundary water resource management

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal in the Eastern Himalayas are interconnected by the common river systems of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM). The GBM basin is home to approximately 700 million people, comprising over 10% of the world's population. The economy and environment of the region depend on water, but while the need for water is increasing, poor management and climate-related effects are making water supplies erratic.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
Golam Rasul
Water Policy
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19–38
Tags:
Rivers, Eastern Himalaya, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Water Management, Hydroelectricity, Flood Control, South Asia, Water Policy

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