Disaster management /
Disaster management /
edited by Vinod K. Sharma
- 2nd ed.
- New Delhi : Scientific International, 2013.
- x, 373 p. : ill., maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS: SECTION 1. Disaster risk reduction in India--
1. UN-IDNDR --Global Initiativefor Disaster Risk Reduction--
2. Natural Disasters vis-a-visNational Development--
3. Impact of natural disasters on environment and development: Examples from Himalaya and eastern and western Ghats--
4. Natural disaster management in National Development --an Indian perspective--
5. Flood management in India--
6. Flood mitigation practices in India--
7. Disaster Management in India : a community perspective--
8. Action plan for earthquake disaster mitigation--
9. Basic principles and elements of disaster mitigation--
10. Functioning of disaster management organization and methodology to cope with disasters in India--
11. Climate Change and Natural Disasters --
SECTION 2. CASE STUDIES--
12. Drought management through anticipatory multidimentional approaches- a case study
13. Drought in Rajasthan and Gujarat (1999-2000 and 2000-01)--
14. Natural disaster rehabilitation housing and structural mitigation and case study for earthquake affected areas--
15. Case study in India: diagnosis, repair and strengthening of damaged buildings--
16. Gujarat Earthquake --emerging issues and lessons for future--
17. Cyclone disaster management in coastal district of Andhra Pradesh -a case study--
18. Managing Natural Disasters -The Lessons from Orissa Super Cyclone--
19. Natural Disasters-Tropical Cyclones--
20. Lessons Learned From Sikkim Earthquake.
9789381714317
Disaster management--India
Natural disasters--India
Emergency management
363.34 / DIS
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS: SECTION 1. Disaster risk reduction in India--
1. UN-IDNDR --Global Initiativefor Disaster Risk Reduction--
2. Natural Disasters vis-a-visNational Development--
3. Impact of natural disasters on environment and development: Examples from Himalaya and eastern and western Ghats--
4. Natural disaster management in National Development --an Indian perspective--
5. Flood management in India--
6. Flood mitigation practices in India--
7. Disaster Management in India : a community perspective--
8. Action plan for earthquake disaster mitigation--
9. Basic principles and elements of disaster mitigation--
10. Functioning of disaster management organization and methodology to cope with disasters in India--
11. Climate Change and Natural Disasters --
SECTION 2. CASE STUDIES--
12. Drought management through anticipatory multidimentional approaches- a case study
13. Drought in Rajasthan and Gujarat (1999-2000 and 2000-01)--
14. Natural disaster rehabilitation housing and structural mitigation and case study for earthquake affected areas--
15. Case study in India: diagnosis, repair and strengthening of damaged buildings--
16. Gujarat Earthquake --emerging issues and lessons for future--
17. Cyclone disaster management in coastal district of Andhra Pradesh -a case study--
18. Managing Natural Disasters -The Lessons from Orissa Super Cyclone--
19. Natural Disasters-Tropical Cyclones--
20. Lessons Learned From Sikkim Earthquake.
9789381714317
Disaster management--India
Natural disasters--India
Emergency management
363.34 / DIS