How has the legacy of the Nepalese 1996-2006 People's War and transition to a federalist state shaped contemporary disaster risk governance arrangemen

尼泊尔正在努力应对1996年至2006年人民战争带来的冲突后挑战。20多年来，从中央集权的专制国家向联邦制民主国家缓慢而艰难的过渡一直主导着政治和治理。在此背景下，正在制定灾害风险治理安排，例如2019年国家减灾管理局。使问题复杂化的是宪法中对联邦、省和地方各级灾害风险过度负责的矛盾。灾害研究的规范性方法通常会规避冲突后的治理问题。本文将解决学术上的显著差距，以揭示对尼泊尔当代灾害风险治理安排的新见解。首要的研究问题是：尼泊尔1996-2006年人民战争的遗产和向联邦制国家的过渡如何塑造了当代灾害风险治理安排？子问题(a) 1996-2006年人民战争期间如何管理灾害风险？(b)灾害事件对毛派叛乱和不断变化的冲突模式起了什么作用？(c)尼泊尔向联邦制国家的过渡如何影响当代灾害风险治理安排，特别是管理局？本文位于地理学科范围内，将产生原创性的混合方法分析，对灾害与冲突交集的学术研究做出独特贡献。

Nepal is grappling with post-conflict challenges deriving from the 1996-2006 People's War. The slow and uneasytransition from a centralised autocratic state to a federalised democracy has dominated politics and governance for overtwo decades. In this context, disaster risk governance arrangements are being formulated, such as the 2019 NationalDisaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Complicating matters are contradictions within the Constitution overresponsibility for disaster risk at federal, provincial and local levels. Normative approaches to disaster research routinelycircumvent post-conflict governance issues. This thesis will address notable gaps in scholarship to reveal novel insightsinto Nepal's contemporary disaster risk governance arrangements. The overarching research question is: How has thelegacy of the Nepalese 1996-2006 People's War and transition to a federalist state shaped contemporary disaster riskgovernance arrangements? Sub-questions (a) How was disaster risk managed during the 1996-2006 People's War? (b)What role did disaster events play in relation to the Maoist insurgency and changing patterns of conflict? (c) How hasNepal's transition to a federalised state shaped contemporary disaster risk governance arrangements, specifically theAuthority? Situated within geography discipline, this thesis will generate original mixed method analysis, presenting aunique contribution to scholarship on the intersection of disasters and conflict.