Disaster Risk and Impact Management: Some Ecohydrological and Strategic Issues
by Gupta, Anil K.
ISBN: 9789389605693
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2020
Price : Rs. 9995.00
Biblio : xii+275p.,figs.,tabls., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Anil K. Gupta, Head, Division of Policy Planning, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India. IUCN-CEM CG South Asia Member. Formerly - Director of Bundelkhand University Institute of Environment & Development Studies.
Sreeja S. Nair, Consortium Coordinator, Myanmar Consortium for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Human Settlement Programme, Yangon, Myanmar. Formerly with NIDM India.
Prof. Vinod K. Sharma, Sr. Professor of IIPA New Delhi, and Vice-Chairman of Sikkim
About The Book
Environmental and hydro-ecological interface in science-policy-practice offers multifarious opportunities addressing not only the hazards but also the underlying causes of disaster vulnerability. This offers systemic prospects of disaster risk reduction. Policy environment for integrated approach comprising efficient governance and planning, along ecological, social and engineering solutions, under a holistic framework is, therefore, called in the recent international frameworks, viz. Sendai Fra
Table of Contents
Preface v
List of Contributors ix
Disaster Risks:Overview
1. Disaster RiskManagement for Sustainability 3
2. Climatic Effects of Increasing Concentrations of AtmosphericMethane
3. Coastal and Sea Erosion: Risk Profile and Mitigation Strategies 37
4. Bioterrorism:ATechnologicalHazard for Ecology and Mankind Case Studies
5. SpaceApplication inDisasterAssessment andMitigation:Case ofHaryana State
6. DroughtOccurrences andManagement in Kenya
7. An InterdisciplinaryApproach toUnderstanding L
