Disaster Resilience and Sustainability

Sangam Shrestha is Associate Professor and Program Chair of Water Engineering and Management at the Asian Institute of Technology. He researches water resources management, climate change impact assessment, and groundwater assessment and management. Shrestha has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented more than 60 conference papers. He is the co-author of “Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities: Concepts, Methods and Case Studies” (Elsevier) Riyanti Djalante is Academic Programme Officer at United Nations University. She coordinates the research and policy Development stream on Global Change and Resilience, focusing on sustainable development, governance, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Dr. Rajib Shaw is a professor at Keio University's Graduate School of Media and Governance. He is also the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs, and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan. He was previously the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and a Kyoto University Professor. Disaster governance, community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education are all areas of interest for him. Professor Shaw is the Chair of the UN Science Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (STAG) and the Co-Chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He's also the CLA (Coordinating Lead Author) for the IPCC's 6th Assessment Report's Asia chapter. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal "Progress in Disaster Science" published by Elsevier, as well as the series editor of a Springer book series on disaster risk reduction. Prof. Shaw has over 45 books to his credit, as well as over 300 scholarly papers and book chapters. Dr. Indrajit Pal, an associate professor in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management program at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, brings over 21 years of expertise in disaster risk governance, hazard assessment, CBDRM, public health risk, and disaster resilience. With a distinguished background, he previously contributed to the Centre for Disaster Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India. Dr. Pal holds a pivotal role as a Board member of the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Japan, and serves as a Visiting Professor at Keio University. His advisory contributions extend to Disaster Risk Reduction for the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). Dr. Pal is a prolific author and editor, with a portfolio of 15 books and over 180 peer-reviewed papers and chapters. Leading impactful projects in the Asia-Pacific region, his research focuses on risk characterization in Asian Delta communities and climate resilience in Lao PDR.

• 1. Disaster Resilience a key player on achieving sustainable development goals: A regional perspective2. Role of Public Policy in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Review3. Transboundary Water Risk Governance Frameworks in Deltaic Socio-Economic Regions: A Case Study of River Deltas in Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam4. Framing the Determinants of Drought Vulnerability in Malawian Communities: An Exposure, Susceptibility and Capacity Perspective from Karonga District5. Disaster-resilience and Sustainability in South and South East Asia: The Politico-Diplomatic Equations of Regional Cooperation6. Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Model for GIS-based Seismic Risk Study of Thiruvananthapuram City7. Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability in Highly Industrialized Noyyal Basin Using AHP-Drastic and Geographic Information System8. GIS-based Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Mapping using Fuzzy Gamma Operator Model in Part of Trans-Asian Highway (Mao–Kangpokpi), Manipur, India9. GIS perspective hazard risk assessment – A study of Fiji Island10. Inter-annual and intra-annual comparative study of Sea Surface Temperature distribution over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea within the time frame of 2003-201811. Flood damage assessment with multi-temporal earth observation SAR satellite images12. Ecosystem for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: A case study after the Cyclone "AILA"13. Climate risk information as a basis for adaptive spatial planning: A case study from Thailand14. Characterization of Meteorological Droughts in the Upper Bhima Catchment of Maharashtra State, India15. Challenges in Main Streaming Climate Resilience in Land Use Planning: A Case Study in Malaysian Local Government16. Identification of drought intensity and development of drought resilience in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India17. Assessing the impact of 2018 tropical rainfall and the consecutive flood-related damage for the state of Kerala, India.18. Coastal Ecosystems and Changing Economic Activities: Challenges for Sustainability Transition19. Conceptualizing an Integrated Framework for Natural Hazards, Insurance, and Poverty Nexus20. Pre and Post- Disaster Human Settlements Development in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Thailand21. Estimation of District-wise Livelihood Vulnerability Index for the Four Coastal States in India22. Assessing the Role of a Rehabilitated Polder in Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Case Study from Bangladesh23. Risk Reduction and Resilience Build-up in Railroad transport24. Salinity and the Health of the Poor in Coastal Bangladesh25. Assessing the impact of damage and government response towards the cyclone Gaja in Tamil Nadu, India26. 2017 Flash Flood in Bangladesh: Lessons learnt27. Effects of Soil Erosion on Water Quality: A Case Study from Uma-Oya Catchment, Sri Lanka28. Citizen Sciences for Smart Water Solution in Southwestern part of Bangladesh29. Social capital and disaster risk reduction in a periurban context30. Disaster Risk Reduction Education (DRRE) and Resilience in Asia-Pacific31. In Pursuit of a Taxonomical Definition of Disaster Diplomacy – An Empirical Scientometric Analysis32. Formal and Non-formal Disaster Education interventions in Pakistan Chapter33. Last mile communication of Multi-hazard Early Warning- a Case study on Bangladesh