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Searching with a thematic focus on Livelihoods, Livelihoods conflict and disasters in Pakistan

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  Land tenure: issues in housing reconstruction and income poverty case study of earthquake-affected areas in Hazara

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2010

  There are many commendable successes with respect to relief, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation to assist the earthquake affected districts of North West Frontier Province3 and Azad Kashmir. The same, however, cannot be said unambiguously about housing reconstruction. Partly, the obstacles are rooted in Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) rigid procedures.
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  State of livelihood assets in the earthquake affected areas: a way forward

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2008

  Policy-makers in Pakistan are focusing on strategies to rebuild livelihoods of vulnerable groups based on their financial losses as a consequence to the earthquake.
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  Surveying livelihoods, service delivery and governance: baseline evidence from Pakistan

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2014

  To contribute towards a better understanding of what processes of livelihood recovery and state building look like following periods of conflict and how positive outcomes are achieved. Understanding socioeconomic change of this nature is possible only when appropriate evidence exists.
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  Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013

  The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.
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  Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 2: non-structural measures

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008

  Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can cause damage to hydropower stations, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure.
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  Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 1: community-based management

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008

  Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women and children, are the worst hit. This manual aims to help communities build their capacity to manage flash floods and other disaster risks themselves.
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  Transnational networks: recognising a regional reality

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2005

  This paper highlights the importance of transnational migratory networks in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Current trends in policy making on migration tend to focus on repatriation of Afghans from neighbouring countries.
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  To return or to remain: the dilemma of second-generation Afghans in Pakistan

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007

  What is known about second-generation Afghans living in Pakistan? What can be understood regarding the push and pull factors that influence their decision to stay where they have spent more than half their lives, or return to the place where their parents were born?
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  From risk to resilience: Understanding the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climatic conditions

  Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008

  This paper evaluates the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change through an analysis of case studies in India, Nepal and Pakistan. The paper focuses on water related disasters and the manner in which they may change as a consequence of climate change.
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  A mountain to climb: what needs to be done to prevent further deaths following the Pakistan earthquake and to enable survivors to rebuild their lives and livelihoods

  Oxfam, 2005

  This Oxfam briefing note discusses the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and Kashmir. The authors assess humanitarian responses in the six weeks since the disaster and argue that these have been inadequate and lacking in organisation.The document highlights how the relief operation is now achieving real results, however resources and funding need to be urgently and substantially increased.

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