Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia

by Binod Shakya, P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti, Sanjay Srivastava

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This report presents the key findings of the study conducted on the indigenous knowledge in the respective countries. The project was taken up in two parts. Part I: The existing literatures on the subject in the respective countries were reviewed and analyzed to examine the tangible as well as intangible impacts of IK in terms of disaster risk reduction besides analyzing integration of IK for the development of policy framework with regards to Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR). Part II: Field surveys were conducted in an isolated community in these three countries to find out the genesis, structure and the dynamics of IK as it exists today to draw lessons for the future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti

P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti is a senior IAS officer with extensive experience of dealing hands-on with various Natural and man-made disasters. He is presently Executive Director of the National Institute of Disaster Management New Delhi.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sanjay Srivastava

Sanjay Srivastava is Professor of Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the co-editor of Contributions to Indian Sociology and also associated with the sociology unit of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.