From Dam to Damage in Balochistan
By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen The 2022 floods in Pakistan originated from dry hill territory in the west … Continued
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Flood Evacuations: Tough Realities
By Ashfaque Soomro and Frank van Steenbergen Evacuating is tough for everyone, saving one’s life and one’s belongings during disaster. … Continued
Understanding why Sindh Faces Frequent Flooding: Insights from a Provincial Consultative Dialogue
By Ashfaque Soomro and Dr. Frank van Steenbergen Sindh, the Southern province in Pakistan, the land of prehistoric culture and … Continued
Durgapur Village Faces the Monsoon Flood of 2024 with a Better Approach
Author: Friendship, as part of the Reversing the Flow program. This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, … Continued
We After The Flood: assessing the response to the 2022 floods in Balochistan, Pakistan
By Abraham Mehari, Dennis van Peppen and Frank van Steenbergen The floods that hit Pakistan in August-September 2022 were overwhelming. … Continued
Before and After the Flood
By Frank van Steenbergen According to many stories of the beginning of the world, water existed before creation. Genesis … Continued
Flood resilience: converting opportunity at the fringes.
Karim Nawaz and Frank van Steenbergen The Kachhi plains in Baluchistan, Pakistan, are flooded seasonally by numerous ephemeral rivers. These … Continued
High-water marks
cultBy Frank van Steenbergen Postcard from Klotten on the Mosel River in Germany. With the statue of St Maximinus in … Continued
Promoting Sustainable Water Management: My Failure Experience and the Power of the 3R Approach
By Sukru Esin Water is one of the most vital resources for our planet and managing it in a sustainable … Continued
(Podcast) Understanding Pakistan Floods
More than a third of Pakistan is under water since mid-June. The floods have left 1500 dead; more than 13,000 … Continued
Floods are about rain, floods are also about drainage
by Mohammed Chandio Floods triggered by unusually heavy rain – more than 5 times average – have inundated Sindh Province … Continued
Podcast: Rivers Remember- How the 2015 floods changed Chennai
In 2015, Chennai was hit by a major flood, considered to be the worst flood to hit that part of … Continued