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Importance, Key Questions
on Resilience and Managing
Disasters in the Hindu Kush
Himalayas

International Centre for Integ...

Supports extensive irrigation systems

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal

HKH is the source of ten major river
basins

210 million
people in the
HKH
1.3 billion people
downstream
3 billion people
...

Basins support some of the most
populated areas on the globe

Home to
4 of the 34 Global Biodiversity Hotspots,
60 Eco-regions, 488 Pas, and 330 Important Bird Areas

Major Questions
on the HKH Region that
needs to be addressed
looking into the
Future
International Centre for Integrated M...

Drivers of change and impacts on
resources and people
Increased
scarcity of
drinking water

Natural springs and
water sour...

Climate change impacts on cryosphere
and future water availability

Sustaining mountain ecosystems and their
services - green economy

Energy needs, hydropower and
sustainable development of the HKH

Huge Hydropower Potential >500,000 MW in the HKH Region

Water induced disasters

Flood
Landslide/Avalanche
Famine
Water rel. Epidemic
Drought

Flash floods result
in higher morta...

Poverty, vulnerability and food security

Gender in sustainable mountain
development including out-migration
Migration

The Himalayas are prone to
disasters

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Kathmandu, Nepal

Cumulative disaster event

Disaster statistics from 1990-2012
Hindu Kush Himalayan region
The region has
had an average of...

Water-related hazards
Flood
Landslide/Avalanche
Famine
Water rel. Epidemic
Drought

Flash floods result
in higher mortalit...

Transboundary floods have greater
impact on lives and property

Globally, 10% of all floods are transboundary, and they ca...

Lack of information, little preparation
 9 April 2000: Landslide blocked
the Yigong River, a tributary of
the Yarlung Zan...

Data sharing can save lives and
property
1 month after
landslide

2.5 months after
landslide

After landslide
dam outburst...

Lessons learned from disasters

 Data gaps
 End-to-end information systems
 Proper infrastructure planning
 Overarchin...

Data gaps

Monitoring station distribution

• High-altitude monitoring stations are sparse
• Limited transboundary data sh...

Designing end-to-end flood information
system

Regional cooperation to share data:
Global WHYCOS framework

To improve basic observation activities, strengthen internati...

HKH-HYCOS: Setting up monitoring
stations and establishment of real-time
flood information systems
‘Making Information Tra...

High-tech, low-cost early flood warning
system in Bangladesh using a wireless
sensor network

Low-tech, low cost, community-based
flood early warning system in Assam
Flood Early Warning System “AL6M”
Flood Gauge

Con...

ICIMOD’s state-of-the-art MODIS receiving
facility helps provide timely data for various
applications, including early flo...

Conclusion

• Need for end-to-end information systems
– Hi-tech to low-tech
– Science to government to community

• Infras...

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