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USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez

An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Series: ISDR Prevention Series
( Print: October 2000 )

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...


LIFE

Participatory Local Governance

Series: Technical Advisory Paper
( Print: August 1997 )

Good governance is widely recognised as the key to human development. This publication analyzes processes, methods and experience of participatory local governance as demonstrated by the Local...

Good governance is widely recognised as the key to human development. This publication analyzes processes, methods and experience of participatory local governance as demonstrated by the Local...


Capacity Development

Series: Technical Advisory Paper
( Print: September 1997 )

Capacity development is increasingly becoming the central purpose of technical cooperation in the 1990s. This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Technical Advisory Paper presents the lessons...

Capacity development is increasingly becoming the central purpose of technical cooperation in the 1990s. This United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Technical Advisory Paper presents the lessons...