Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Vaidya, Ramesh Ananda; Shrestha, Mandira Singh; Nasab, Nusrat; Gurung, Deo Raj; Kozo, Nagami; Pradhan, Neera Shrestha; Wasson, Robert James

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Date

2019-01-01

Authors

Vaidya, Ramesh Ananda

Shrestha, Mandira Singh

Nasab, Nusrat

Gurung, Deo Raj

Kozo, Nagami

Pradhan, Neera Shrestha

Wasson, Robert James

Abstract

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)-covering more than four million square kilometres from Afghanistan to Myanmar-is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse mountain biomes, with extreme variations in vegetation. It is also one of the most hazard-prone. Because of its steep terrain, high seismicity, fragile geological formation, and intense and highly variable precipitation, the HKH is especially vulnerable to floods, landslides, avalanches, and earthquakes (well-established).