Library:Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Guwahati

  Is ‘flood control’ even possible in geographies like the Brahmaputra valley with such a potent monsoon? Must every flood be a disaster? Th...

  The National Disaster Management Authority classifies cyclones broadly into two categories: extratropical cyclones and tropical cyclones. ...

  Existential threats that can haunt the earth in the near future are human-made — unintended consequences of our intense desire for materia...

After a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 7, killing at least 35,000 people as per available statistics, India promptl...

  Turkey earthquake: Prediction of an earthquake needs a precursory signal from within the earth that indicates a big quake is on the way. C...

  Should we build embankments so close to rivers that they do not have the space needed to deposit silt and replenish ponds or recharge grou...

  While the monsoons are yet to arrive, Assam has already been beset by floods and landslides that have left 15 people dead and more than 7 ...

  The Uttarakhand tragedy is a moment to review support for Himalayan dams and construction-based economy. The impact of the February 7 flas...

  A little after day break, they stood waist-deep in water, balancing their cameras — and themselves — against the push and pull of the migh...

What women need in post-disaster situations Studies show that natural disasters tend to lower life expectancy more in women than in men....

Dark recesses Meghalaya tragedy reveals absence of regulation, state complicity in rat-hole mining In 2014, the National Green Tribu...