Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning (RSLUP), a process that has implications for Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR) as well as Urban Planning and Development, requires the …

Rural out-migration is changing agrarian political economies and natural resource
governance worldwide, and gender and social relations play an important mediating role …

Nepal's entry into federalism in 2015 resulted in a decentralised governance structure with
constitutionally mandated legislative, executive and judicial functions for local governments …

Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is an ecologically sensitive, cost-effective, and locally
adaptive climate adaptation strategy to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable …

Transformative change in how local governments support rural water services is required to
accommodate the increasingly extreme effects of climate change on water service systems …

This study developed an analytical framework enabling a better understanding of the
relationship between accountability and public trust through the moderation effect of public …

Haphazard urban expansion and poorly planned infrastructure development have increased
and intensified disaster risks in the geologically fragile Himalaya. Against this backdrop …

Local risk governance is an underexplored topic in disaster risk management and
decentralisation literature. Key knowledge gaps centre around whether and to what extent …

Landslides cause substantial human and economic losses globally, notably in lower and
middle-income mountainous countries such as Nepal. However, efforts to reduce landslide …

Forest fires pose significant ecological and socio-economic challenges in Nepal, with
adverse impacts on biodiversity and livelihoods. The frequency of forest fires is escalating …