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The barriers to uptake of disaster risk management science in urban planning: A political economy analysis

There is increasing effort in science to support disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation in urban environments.

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Exploring the Scope of Public Participation for Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning in Nepal: A Policy Review

Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning (RSLUP), a process that has implications for Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR) as well as Urban Planning and Development, requires the participation of

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Downstream rounding rate of pebbles in the Himalaya

Sediment grains are progressively rounded during their transport down a river.

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The impact of sediment flux and calibre on flood risk in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

This paper investigates how variations in sediment supply, grain size distribution and climate change affect channel morphology and flood inundation in the Nakkhu River, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Infectious disease risk communication and engagement using puppetry and related approaches for improving handwashing with soap in an informal settlement of Nairobi

Handwashing with soap (HWWS) has been estimated to have the potential to prevent 35% of the 704,880 deaths per year caused by diarrhoeal infectious diseases (UN Millennium Project, 2018), its wider