Komal Aryal

Biographic Data

ID1406203
NAMEKomal Aryal
GIVEN NAMESKomal
FAMILY NAMEAryal
SIGNATUREARYAL K
AFFILIATIONSNorthumbria University
ORCID0000-0001-9980-4516
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS36
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Al-Madafah in Sweida, Southern Syria

    Open AccessBushra Yaroub Alarbeed, Harshit Sosan Lakra et al.ARTICLEHeritage2025References: 2

    Al-Madafah (the guesthouse) is a cornerstone of the cultural and social fabric of Sweida Province in southern Syria. Rooted in the Druze community’s history following their settlement in Jabal al-Arab in the 17th century, these structures have served as spaces for hospitality, cultural exchange, political resistance, and community cohesion. Despite their significance, scholarly research on Madafahs in Sweida remains limited. This article examines…

  • Disaster mortalities and the Sendai Framework Target A

    Open AccessEmmanuel Mavhura, Komal Aryal et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2023References: 1

  • A composite inherent resilience index for Zimbabwe

    Open AccessEmmanuel Mavhura, Tawanda Manyangadze et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2021

    Building resilience to disasters has become a strategic goal of many risk reduction programs across the globe. This is because resilience ensures that communities develop capacities which prevent or minimise loses to disasters. In view of this, there is need to develop a baseline that tracks changes in resilience through time. This study responded to this gap in Zimbabwe by developing composite resilience indices (CRI) using 26 variables that ref…

  • Perceived impacts of climate variability and change

    Open AccessEmmanuel Mavhura, Tawanda Manyangadze et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2021References: 3

    Climate variability and change (CVC) affect many economic sectors including agriculture. In order to alleviate the negative impact of CVC on food production, farmers must adopt a range of strategies. However, the strategies will be less effective if farmers’ perceptions on CVC are not considered. This study therefore, examined the perceptions of commercial farmers on CVC and their adaptation strategies to the perceived impacts. It used a cross-se…

  • Governance struggles and policy processes in disaster risk reduction

    Open AccessSamantha Jones, Katie Oven et al.ARTICLEGeoforum2014Cited by: 24References: 16

    In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a multitude of stakeholders to engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The key role that the state can play in instituting effective DRR tends to receive little attention, yet in situations where the state apparatus is weak, such as in Nepal, it becomes evident that integrat…

  • Local-level governance of risk and resilience in Nepal

    Open AccessSamantha Jones, Komal Aryal et al.ARTICLEDisasters2013Cited by: 12References: 40

    This paper explores the circumstances in which communities may effectively reduce risks. It draws on the example of two 'Risk and Resilience Committees' (RRCs) that were established in Nepal as part of an action research project: one in Panchkhal in the central region, operating as a community-based organisation (CBO); and the other in Dhankuta in the eastern region, embedded in municipal government. In-depth interviews were conducted with RRC me…