IFA (“Institutions for Floods in Asia”) project focuses on institutional dimension of river floods risk reduction in the Asian countries that along with structural approaches constitutes the core in human responses to floods. IFA aggregates and compares results of country-based research in order to further explore the problem How to strengthen capacities and performance of institutions to reduce flood risks. Rich evidence for testing IFA approaches is provided from recent case-studies of big river floods in Bangladesh, Burma/Myanmar, Japan, Russia, | Asia‐Pacific Network for Global Change Research Institutional Capacity in Natural Disaster Risk Reduction: A Comparative Analysis of Institutions, National Policies, and Cooperative Responses to Floods in Asia Final report for APN project 2005-01-CMY-Nikitina APN2005-01-CMY The following collaborators worked on this project: Coordinator: NIKITINA Elena, EcoPolicy Research and Consulting, Russia enikitina@ Principal Investigators: KOTOV Vladimir, EcoPolicy Research and Consulting, Russia vl-kotov@ LEBEL Louis, Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand louis@ SINH Bach Tan, Science and Policy Studies Center, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies, Vietnam sinhanh@ TSUNOZAKI Etsuko, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Japan tsunozaki@ Collaborators: BARKOV Sergei, EcoPolicy Research and Consulting, Russia DUTTA Saswti, University of California at Irvine, USA dutta@ IMAMURA Masao, Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand masao@ HEIN Hoang Minh, Disaster Management Center, Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Control, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam hmh@ HUAYSAI Darika, Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand darika@ KHIN Ni Ni Thein, UNESCO, Sustainable Water Management, Division of Water Sciences, Paris, France KHIN Maung Nyunt, Water Research training Center, Yangon, Burma/Myanmar KHRUTMUANG Supaporn, Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand supaporn@ KUNAPHINUM Atiwan, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand atiwan@ LE Nguyen Van, Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Control, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam LEBEL Phimphakan, Unit for Social and .
