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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Pankaj*
dc.contributor.authorNarayan, Swati*
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-03T14:10:57Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-03T14:10:57Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08-12
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84814-612-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/114596
dc.descriptionJune to October - the months of monsoon rains - is the typical disaster season in South Asia. The year 2007 is proving to be no exception. News broadcasts predictably cover the millions who have been affected by the floods as shanty dwellings collapse, school buildings crumble, roads get waterlogged, standing crops get swept away, women, men, and children are marooned without food, water and sanitation, and families are forced to migrate in distress. An estimated 20 million people have been affected in two-thirds of Bangladesh, low-lying Terai regions of Nepal, and vast stretches of the Gangetic plain in Eastern India. In some areas, the scale of the devastation in 2007 is truly unprecedented.en_US
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam Internationalen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/sink-or-swim-why-disaster-risk-reduction-is-central-to-surviving-floods-in-sout-114596
dc.subjectConflict and disasters
dc.titleSink or Swim: Why disaster risk reduction is central to surviving floods in South Asiaen_US
dc.typeBriefing noteen_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam.en_US
oxfam.subject.countryBangladeshen_US
oxfam.subject.countryNepalen_US
oxfam.subject.countryIndiaen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordDisaster risk reductionen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordDRRen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordConflicten_US
oxfam.subject.keywordDisastersen_US
dc.year.issuedate2007en_US
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