Entries by David Lallemant

Rethinking flood risk management: The Chiang Mai Field Lab 2019 experiment

October 11, 2019 /0 Comments/in /by

What happens if you put 100 people interested in flood risk management in a room for a full month? This is in essence the question we asked ourselves 18 months ago, when we started planning for the Field Lab. The answer is: a lot!   The Understanding Risk: Chiang Mai Field Lab, an interdisciplinary “unconference” organized […]

Rapid Assessment of Disaster-Induced Vulnerability in Nepal – Project Planning

June 12, 2018 /0 Comments/in /by

Last month I spent a week in Nepal setting up an exciting project with collaborators at Kathmandu Living Labs. The project is funded through a “Collaborative Data Innovations for Sustainable Development” award by the World Bank and Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. Our proposal focused on better understanding the ways in which disaster impact […]