Bridging Divides: Towards Effective Disaster Preparedness and Response in Kashmir
Publisher: Kashmir Initiative Group
Author(s): Shafat Ahmad
Date: 2018
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Cooperation, Disasters, Peace Agreements
Countries: India, Pakistan
Natural disasters present both opportunities and threats for peace. In the highly securitised and controlled context of Kashmir, the failure to address underlying conflict dynamics in society can impede collective efforts towards disaster response and preparedness; and ineffective responses to natural calamities can sometimes exacerbate existing tensions and conflict dynamics. But disasters can also open up space for opportunities to effect larger change and even for conflict to be mitigated.