Slum dwellers response to flooding events in the megacities of India

Abstract

Adaptation, Cities, Hazards, India, Mitigation, Slums, Vulnerability,

The Cork City flood of November 2009: Lessons for flood risk management and climate change adaptation at the urban scale

“…Adaptation research draws from and builds on an already extensive literature on natural hazards in urban contexts (Mitchell, 1999, Pelling 2003, Pelling and Wisner, 2009, Chatterjee, 2010. Flood hazards in particular have begun to receive increased attention from researchers across Europe (Mitchell, 2003, Johnson, et al 2007, Parvin, et al 2008, Whittle, et al 2010, Dawson, et al 2011, Walker and Burningham, 2011 while the challenges associated with adaptation in Europe (Naess, et al 2005, Amundesen, et al 2010, Biesbroek, et al 2010, Lugeri, et al 2010, Mechler, et al 2010 and Ireland (Falaleela, et al 2011, Kopke and are also the subject of increasing scrutiny.…”

Environmental knowledge and human experience: using a historical analysis of flooding in Ireland to challenge contemporary risk narratives and develop creative policy alternatives

“…2004;Lopez-Marrero & Yarnal, 2011) and to the challenges of adapting to those changes Adger & Barnett, 2009;Moser and Boykoff, 2013;Moser & Ekstrom, 2010;Pelling, 2011). A particular emphasis has been placed on the contemporary and future challenges faced by cities in both developing and developed world contexts (Chan, Mitchell, Adekola, & McDonald, 2012;Chatterjee, 2010;Mitchell, 1999;Leichenko, 2011;Pelling, 2003;Solecki, Leichenko, & O'Brien, 2011). While this focus on the contemporary and future hazards facing cities is both admirable and necessary a growing number of researchers have also highlighted that there is much to be learned from historical analyses of both physical exposure and human vulnerability to past hazard events (Bankoff, Lübken, & Sand, 2012;Bankoff, 2013;Bankoff, 2003;Galloway, 2013;Hickey, 2011;Ludlow, et.…”

Prioritization of Environmental Issues Based on Surveys Applied to a Settlement in Nepal

“…When the people were interviewed regarding flooding, the majority of them said that water from the river came into the house whenever it rained heavily. Anti-flooding measures are necessary [34], but none are being undertaken at the present time. Furthermore, most of the houses have only one room, in which daily household activities are carried out, including cooking [35].…”