Majuli was once the largest river islands and the cultural home of the Asomiya community. Today, repeated floods of the …

The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in … large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … district's suitability for dams to provide instrumental variable estimates of their impact. We find that, in a district where a …

migration and economic migration. This book looks at migration dynamics of South and Southeast Asia examining these shifts to …Introduction: Changing Nature of Forced Migration: A Vulnerability Framework -- Part 1: Climate Change, Development and … Impede Migration? A Debate from Gender Perspective in Asia ; Migration as an Adaptation Strategy: Impacts on Urban …

important for humanitarian aid and development actors. Only if they are well informed can they align their activities with …