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
By 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
Rains in Yemen: A blessing or a curse?
Yemen is ranked amongst the top five most water-scarce countries in the world with an annual average rainfall of 125mm. … Continued
A year in spate irrigation: floods as blessings, rain as a problem
by Allah Bakhshh, and Frank van Steenbergen. With inputs from Reinier Veldman June 05, 2020 Postcard from Bagh Nari, Pakistan, … Continued
Climate change: Droughts and Floods in Malawi
by Macpherson Nthara, Flood Based Livelihoods Network Malawi October 05, 2018 Climate change and its associated impacts continue to ravage … Continued
A LECTURE ON WATER BY PROFESSOR NATURE
A Lecture on Water, by Professor Nature By Blessings Jeranji September 29, 2017 Water has obvious beneficial effects for the … Continued
Rice growing in the water
by Palal Moet Moet Do you know how to sow rice in deep water? In the soil – of course: … Continued
Starving the Tihama: Impact of War on Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen
by Adel Zolail and Frank van Steenbergen For reasons no one can explain, a war has been raging in Yemen … Continued
Coastal Bangladesh: Roads to the Rescue?
Roads to the Rescue Posted by Cecilia Borgia Februray 8, 2017 Coastal Bangladesh is a vast area. It encompasses 19 … Continued
Prepared for a wet year?
By Madiha Al-Junaid (This article was written during the rainy time this summer, July and August. At that time Yemen … Continued
Road-induced floods: Blessings or Curse?
Posted by Taye Alemayehu July 11, 2016 After the El Niño effect that caused devastating wide-spread drought, La Niña is … Continued
How the British did it better
by Usman Qazi In a relentless pursuit of growth and development, the Pakistani state has ignored colonial-era strategies—that took natural risks, … Continued