The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced
disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and
land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods river-line floods erosion and wet
mass movements during the monsoon period and drought in the non-monsoon period. Against the
backdrop of intensifying disasters and in the absence of a focused documentation of disaster
risk reduction issues in the HKH region this volume presents a comprehensive body of
knowledge. The main purpose and objective of this publication is to connect existing data
research conceptual work and practical cases on risk resilience and risk reduction from the
HKH region under a common analytical umbrella. The result is a contribution to advancing
disaster resilience and risk reduction in the HKH region. The book will be of special interest
to policy makers donors and researchers concerned with the disaster issues in the region.
