Public Seminar
Thursday 27th November 2014, 12.30pm to 2pm, Room TW2.10.01B, Tower 2, LSE
Speaker: Dr Uzma Hanif
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
Across the world extreme climatic events have become more common due to the on-going process of climate change which affects all regions of the world in various ways with none immune. The impact is also felt in Pakistan where, according to forecasts, worse is yet to come.
The Inter-government Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its fifth assessment report, identifies floods as key climatic events which pose a threat to infrastructure, the built environment and livelihood. This threat is particularly grave in South Asia, which depends heavily on seasonal rains for farming. Within South Asia, Pakistan, the land of five rivers, is especially prone to droughts and floods, both occurring in the same year.
The Indus system is the main source of food, water and energy for Pakistan. The recurrent floods over the past five years have inflicted a heavy toll in human and animal lives and physical damage. This study explains that deficits in constitutional, legislative and administrative structures, an unstable macro-economic environment, and faulty institutions have compounded the damage and loss caused by floods.
Dr Uzma Hanif| is Sir Ratan Tata Post-Doctoral Fellow (2013-2014) at the LSE Asia Research Centre. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan.
Professor Athar Hussain| is Director of the LSE Asia Research Centre.
Additional Information
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. Please direct any queries to arc@lse.ac.uk| or call 020 7955 7615.