Disaster Management
Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Theme papers: 1. Impact of natural disasters on environment and development: examples from Himalaya and Eastern and Western ghats/Chandiprasad Bhatt. 2. Natural disaster management in national development—an Indian perspective/K. Rajan. 3. Flood mitigation practices in India/P.C. Jain. 4. Disaster management in India: a community perspective/B.K. Verma and Brij Bhushan. 5. Action plan for earthquake disaster mitigation/A.S. Arya. 6. Basic principles and elements of disaster mitigation/Klaus Weirsing. 7. Functioning of disaster management organisation and methodology to cope with disasters in India/Vinod K. Sharma. II. Case studies: 8. Drought management through anticipatory multidimensional approaches—a case study/A.R. Subbiah. 9. Drought in Rajasthan and Gujarat (1999-2000 and 2000-01)/L.C. Gupta and Vinod K. Sharma. 10. Natural disaster rehabilitation housing and structural mitigation and case study for earthquake affected areas/V. Suresh. 11. Case study in India: diagnosis, repair and strengthening of damaged buildings/Anand S. Arya. 12. Gujarat earthquake—energing issues and the lessons for future/Vinod K. Sharma and Chandrasekhar Rout. 13. Cyclone disaster management in coastal district of Andhra Pradesh—a case study/K.S. Ramesh. 14. Managing natural disasters—the lessons from Orissa super cyclone/Vinod K. Sharma and Chandrasekhar Rout. 15. Natural disasters/G.S. Mandal. III. Panel discussion: 16. Cost benefit considerations in disaster mitigation/Aasha Kapur Mehta. 17. Disaster management—flood control: a study in cost benefit analysis/K.L. Chawla. VI. Group discussion reports and general recommendations: 18. Issues for group discussion. 19. Recommendations of group I on natural disaster mitigation/A.K. Singh. 20. Recommendations of group II on natural disaster mitigation/M.S. Rao. 21. Recommendations of group III on natural disaster mitigation/Rema Devi. General recommendations. Concluding remarks/Ove Bjerregaard. Appendices. Select bibliography/S. Majumdar.
"The book is the outcome of first India—Disaster Management Training Country Workshop organised by IIPA. The workshop was sponsored by UNDP-DHA in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture (Government of India) and Asian Disaster preparedness center, Bangkok.
"The book contains six theme papers dealing with different aspects of Natural Disasters. Few case studies presented by eminent persons on various types of disasters, viz., drought, earthquake and Cyclone have been incorporated. A summary of cost-benefit considerations in disaster mitigation and recommendations of three study groups have also been furnished. The book has many useful informations regarding natural disasters such as disaster history report, progress in IDNDR, concepts and guidelines of Hazards and vulnerability analysis for administrators and academics." (jacket)
