Local Leadership for Disaster Resilience – Profiles from Asia and the Pacific
As disaster risks are growing more intense, complex, and unpredictable, it calls for a new approach to resilience building and planning. This is a challenge that cannot be addressed by formal institutions alone. Local leaders often possess the capacity to innovate and have a strong understanding of local systems, politics, and culture. Recognising the importance of such local leaders, SEEDS through the course of disaster risk reduction and response work, actively engages in the identification of and capacity building of such leaders to cope with disaster risks and aid them to reduce the vulnerabilities in their communities.
Collaboration for Humanitarian Action
Collaboration for Humanitarian Action traces the journey of SEEDS’ work in partnership with PwC India Foundation in diverse disaster contexts and geographies over the last 5 years and draws lessons from this experience to inspire others in the sector to nurture more such collaborative efforts.
Decoding the Monsoon floods
Floods are amongst the most damaging and recurrent of all disasters in the Asian region. Additionally, they are morphing into new and even more devastating forms in recent years. Uncovering these nuances, ‘Decoding the monsoon floods in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal’ is a regional analysis report based on disaster data between 2000 and 2017.
Boiling Point – Climate Change Impacts on the Frontlines in India
Boiling Point presented case studies from different parts of India; where local communities are already under the assault of climate change. Ten broad areas of intervention were identified in the given national context.
Let’s Make Schools Safer
A compendium highlighting different methodologies on school safety and the testimonies of those who have benefited. We hoped it would urge decision makers and policy planners to make school safety a part of their policy and influence parents to play an active role in this change process.
Towards Permanence – A brief guide to designing post-disaster shelters in India
A pocket guide that explores materials and technologies for housing reconstruction, based on geo-climactic zones in India. Instead of prescribing fixed designs, the guide identifies best-practice components and features.
Lessons that matter
Lessons that matter is an effort to put experiences of the 2001 Indian Ocean Tsunami into words, ensuring lessons learnt are put into practice in future recovery processes.
Building resilience through community lifelines
This report explores the seminal role that public infrastructure can play in disasters; the urgent need to strengthen schools and hospitals; and the steps that can be taken to build resilience through these community lifelines.
Pan Himalayan Study
The traditional architecture of the Himalayan region was uniquely crafted to suit its diverse geo-climactic needs and disaster risks. This study explores the Himalayan built environment.
Securing our shores
Our work on promoting a multi-layered and multi-species bio-shield in Tamil Nadu, with the learning after the Indian Ocean Tsunami.