Simplest answer is to develop policies to store (save) water during drought and use it to satisfy demand during deficit times. For floods, it becomes policies related to temporary storage of excess water. Water harvesting and afforestation seems like good strategies to increase adaptation to these extreme events.

Dear Sarah,

you can view some of the assessment documents prepared by Nepal. I think they might be of use http://www.nrcs.org/sites/default/files/pro-doc/NSDRM%20Nepal.pdf, https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/ID276/doc/2013-b27Iym-ADPC-NHRA_Report.pdf.

all the best

Much depends on the reasons for the floods and droughts and, more importantly, the reasons for any adverse impacts. For droughts, see some of the complications at:

Glantz, M.H. (ed.), Drought Follows the Plow: Cultivating marginal areas, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

Glantz, M.H. and R.W. Katz. 1977. When is a drought a drought? Nature, 267, 192-193.

Wilhite, D.A. and M.H. Glantz. 1985. Understanding the Drought Phenomenon: The Role of Definitions. Water International, 10(3), 111-120.

The key is to ensure that all aspects, especially vulnerabilities, are considered, rather than focusing on precipitation variation or climate change. For such an approach, an overarching framework needs to found the local-level policies, which we provide in:

(a) https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-02-2017-0043

(b) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0046-5

(c) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0038-5

(d) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2294-0

(e) https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Disaster-Risk-Reduction-Including-Climate-Change/Kelman-Mercer-Gaillard/p/book/9781138924567

(f) http://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i4.729

Reference (e) has sector-based policy approaches at all scales, including individual and community.