An institutional analysis of glacial floods and disaster risk management in the Nepal Himalaya

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• glacial lake 100%
• disaster risk 91%
• outburst 89%
• risk management 75%
• mitigation 34%
• analysis 20%
• social survey 16%
• communication network 14%
• local participation 14%
• traditional knowledge 13%
• early warning system 12%
• qualitative analysis 12%
• mountain region 12%
• high mountain 12%
• quantitative analysis 10%
• coordination 10%
• household 9%
• socioeconomics 9%
• policy 6%
• climate change 6%
• lake 6%
• history 6%
• project 5%
• method 2%

Social Sciences

• Nepal 85%
• risk management 80%
• natural disaster 73%
• disaster 66%
• institutional factors 50%
• mountain region 16%
• Alps 16%
• early warning system 15%
• socioeconomic factors 11%
• Peru 11%
• mismatch 11%
• cultural factors 10%
• climate change 9%
• funding 7%
• knowledge 7%
• history 6%
• communication 5%
• participation 5%
• lack 5%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Lakes 91%
• Risk management 84%
• Disasters 73%
• History 11%
• Alarm systems 11%
• Climate change 10%
• Lead 9%
• Telecommunication networks 8%
• Chemical analysis 6%
• Economics 6%