GfGD in the Himalaya (2) – Hazards Booklet

Many of you may remember that earlier this year we advertised an opportunity to help put together a small booklet on natural hazards relevant to the Himalaya. The book was to have a focus on disaster risk reduction and landslides (the earthquake section being written by the BGS School Seismology Programme).

Here is the finished work – This 40 page booklet covers topics ranging from what is exposure and vulnerability to how anthropogenic processes influence the triggering of landslides. We have printed 350 copies ready for dissemination in Ladakh, India. They will be presented to students attending our education programme at St Peters School, Leh, and the Nomadic Residential School in Puga.

Our hope is that these booklets, with a relatively high degree of scientific content that is explained in an easy-to-understand manner, can help students to understand their natural environment and the risks they face. We hope to leave copies with schools so that they can use them as reference books when teaching future students.

Funding for the printing of these was provided by University College London’s Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, with written contributions from Ekbal Hussain (Leeds), Paul Denton (BGS), Joel Gill (GfGD/King’s College London) and Rosalie Tostevin (UCL, GfGD).