Nepal

Asia has the world's highest concentration of two and three wheelers, both in absolute terms and as a fraction of overall road vehicle population. In many Asian cities, these vehicles account for 50 to 90% of the total vehicle fleet of which a large percentage are powered by two stroke engines. The main pollutants of concern from 2-stroke three wheelers are hydrocarbons and particulate matter.

Publication Date:

24/04/2009

Source: Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Three Wheelers, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kathmandu, India, Two Wheelers

Natural Disasters

ADB promises $25.6m for flood-hit areas

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to provide a grant assistance of $25.6 million to help restore economic activity in parts of Nepal devastated by last year's monsoon floods.

More than 300,000 people living in the eastern and far western region of the country were seriously affected by the August floods, and the landslides that followed.

Publication Date:

22/04/2009

Source: Nepal News (Nepal)

Tags:

Kosi, Floods, Landslides, Flood Relief, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Nepal

Climate Change

Energy and climate change in cold regions

This Press kit provides information on international Seminar on

Publication Date:

07/04/2009

Source: Groupe nergies Renouvelables Environnement et Solidarits (GERES)

Tags:

Himalaya, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Climate Adaptation, Nepal, India, Leh (D), Ladakh

Economy

Bangladesh economy still in better shape: IMF

Bangladesh

Publication Date:

04/04/2009

Author(s): Asif Showkat

Source: New Age (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Economy, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Natural Disasters

Community based disaster risk reduction: good practice

This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its objective is to encourage knowledge and experience sharing among communities, organizations and other disaster risk reduction (DRR) stakeholders for the benefit of all those vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Dhruba Raj Gautam

Source: Nepal Red Cross Society

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Floods, Disaster Management, Disaster Preparedness, Community Groups, Nepal

Habitat And Urbanisation

From confrontation to collaboration: a decade in the work of the squatters' movement in Nepal

Squatters' organizations are a notable driving force of civil society movements in Nepal. Their alliance, working on urban squatter issues, has been trying to change their strategy from one of confrontation with government authorities to one of collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including non-squatter neighbours. This paper reviews a decade of squatters' movement in Nepal.

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Masako Tanaka

Source: Environment & Urbanisation

Vol:

21

Issue:

1

pp:

143

Tags:

Habitat And Urbanisation, Urban Habitat, Urban Housing, Squatter Settlement, Pavement Dwellers, Poverty, Nepal, South Asia