HIMAL, The South Asian Magazine
This is the Web site of Himal, which is published monthly from Kathmandu
and focuses on South Asian issues. Old issues of Himal are archived on
this Web site. Of particular interest to our readers will be the January
1999 issue where the cover article by Dinesh Kumar Mishra describes the
political economy of floods and their management in the North Indian state
of Bihar.
IDNDR Highlights
The IDNDR has launched this new Web site, which includes background
information about the Decade, IDNDR highlights, summaries of recent activities
and description of upcoming events.
Vietnam
Disaster Mitigation Unit (DMU)
This site is dedicated to Vietnam DMU which is the mechanism chosen
by the Government of Vietnam and the UNDP to join together over 1000 years
of Vietnamese flood protection culture with twenty-first century western
technology to better protect the Vietnamese communities from disasters.
The Community Preparedness Web
Project
This website provides a collection of disaster preparedness information
in various languages, information on vulnerable populations, links to traditional
emergency service providers and other disaster resources.
