Report

Community Resilience and Disaster-Related Displacement in South Asia

Praxis Labs|Published 15. Apr 2015
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Asia and Oceania Climate change Natural disasters Environment
This report examines the resilience of communities in South Asia to disasters and the displacement they cause. It considers their risk landscape and resilience capacity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

The research analyses the multidimensional risks communities face, their assets, and the institutional and legal frameworks in which they operate. It also considers communities’ capacity to prevent displacement, their ability to mitigate protection risks during displacement, and their options for durable solutions. The conclusion offers a resilience building framework incorporating common principles, while retaining flexibility to varying environments.

This report was researched and written by Praxis Labs and published by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), with support from the European Union, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA), and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).