Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Part 1 – Synthesis 1
Local Responses to Too Much and Too Little Water – Synthesis 3
Introduction 3
Approach and Methodology 4
Conceptual Framework 6
Key Findings and Lessons Learned 8
Conclusions 10
Part 2 – Case studies 13
Traditional Knowledge and Local Institutions Support Adaptation to Water-Induced Hazards
in Chitral, Pakistan 15
Living with Water Stress in the Hills of the Koshi Basin, Nepal 25
Life in the Shadow of Embankments – Turning Lost Lands into Assets in the Koshi Basin
of Bihar, India 33
Adjusting to Floods on the Brahmaputra Plains, Assam, India 43
Diversified Livelihoods in Changing Socio-ecological Systems of Yunnan Province, China 51
Part 3 61
Bibliography 63
Acronyms and Abbreviations 65