PROJECT BRIEF People and Environment – Development and Resilience in Asia (PEDRA)

The PEDRA research group focuses on the human dimensions of environmental and socio-economic risks in Asia, employing systems-oriented approaches to promote inclusive governance and resilient development. Its current work includes nine diverse projects addressing climate change adaptation in peri-urban Southeast Asia, gender inequalities in environmental conditions, disaster risk reduction in WASH systems, and the governance of the Bali Cultural Landscape.

• PEDRA's primary objective is to research the interactions between human and environmental systems to improve poverty reduction, gender equality, livelihood security, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction in Asia.
• The research group utilizes a systems-oriented approach and multiple methodological lenses—including political ecology/economy, gender, and risk—to analyze how institutions and individuals create social vulnerability or resilience.
• PEDRA manages several targeted projects in Southeast Asia, including research on social and gendered adaptations to water stresses in Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, and studies on the link between flooding and migration in Laos and other ASEAN countries.
• The group is involved in global and regional initiatives to integrate disaster risk reduction with sustainable development, including a project on WASH systems in Haiti, Mozambique, the Philippines, India, and Sweden, and a global learning alliance on context, culture, and environmental risk.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2014). PROJECT BRIEF People and Environment – Development and Resilience in Asia (PEDRA). https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2014-PEDRA.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. PROJECT BRIEF People and Environment – Development and Resilience in Asia (PEDRA). 2014. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2014-PEDRA.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2014project, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{PROJECT BRIEF People and Environment – Development and Resilience in Asia (PEDRA)}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2014-PEDRA.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }