From Risk to Resilience
Program Locations: Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India; Tarai, Nepal
Project Duration: September 2006–March 2009
Project Lead: Fawad Khan, Senior Economist
Project Overview
“From Risk to Resilience” evaluated the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in South Asia through research undertaken by a core group of partners and led by ISET-International. The project produced several reports and working papers on methodological investigations and field studies that explored the links between disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in Nepal Tarai, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Downscaling potential climate change impacts was examined, and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of changing climate conditions was conducted in each location.
Project Publications
Staff Involved
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Dr. Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Senior Associate Scientist
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Ajaya Dixit, President, ISET-Nepal
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Anil Pokhrel, Research Associate
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Reinhard Mechler, Consultant
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Daanish Mustafa, Consultant
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Sara Ahmed, Consultant
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Eva Saroch, Research Associate
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Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, Consultant
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Daniel Kull, Consultant
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Praveen Singh, Consultant
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Shashikant Chopde, Senior Research Associate
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Dr. Shiraz Wajih, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group
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Stefan Hochrainer, Consultant
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