Management of Natural Disasters in Developing Countries
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Mitigating cyclone and storm surge disasters/Jamilur R. Choudhury. 2. Management of natural disasters/Aminul Kawser Khan. 3. S&T initiatives for natural hazard mitigation/K.R. Gupta and R.K. Midha. 4. Improved understanding about Indian earthquake hazard/G.D. Gupta and H.N. Srivastava. 5. R&D for cyclone disaster mitigation/T.V.S.R. Appa Rao. 6. Natural disaster and its mitigation/Wisyanto. 7. The ESCAP-IDNDR Regional survey on assessment of achievements during the International decade for natural disaster reduction (IDNDR)/Le Huu Ti. 8. Overview of experiences and responses to recent disasters/Cengiz Ertuna. 9. Accomplishments, current activities and future requirements for disaster reduction/Kamal Bin Hussain. 10. Management of natural disasters/Veersingh Boodhna. 11. Management of natural disasters/Krishna Prasad Parajuli. 12. Forecasting, early warning and reporting procedure in case of disasters/Muhammad Munir Sheikh. 13. Manageable procedures to encounter the natural disasters/Abdul Qader Melhem. 14. Channel changes using satellite data for flood mitigation, watershed degradation and flood plain monitoring/Lal Samnarakoon, Kiyoshi Honda and Akichika Ishibashi. 15. Cyclone disasters due to heavy rainfall/Suphat Vongvisessomjai. 16. Cyclone disasters due to strong wind and surge/Suphat Vongvisessomjai. 17. Mitigation of typhoons and flood/Daong Quang San.
"The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries (NAM S&T) Centre) has brought out a publication entitled" Management of Natural Disaster in Developing Countries" based on the proceedings of the International Workshop on the above subject held in Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 24-27 January, 2000.
Natural hazards are naturally occurring processes forming an experience to human being, depending on where one lives. Floods, volcanoes, tornadoes, bushfires and hurricanes are the possible threats, which affect the environment and thus our lives. To find out the outcome of the problem, it requires exploring the reason of its origin and the possible antidotes so that it can dwindle to some extent. Planning, managing and implementing environmentally sound strategies are the supreme measures in this concern. Also, organizing a series of workshops / trainings on management of natural disaster could be an aid in consecutive steps. Hence, the above workshop was organised and the proceedings of the workshop have been arranged in a sequential manner. The volume contents mainly aim at identifying areas of mitigating flood, cyclone and storm surge disaster. The status reports from well know experts from different countries namely, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Syria, Thailand, and Vietnam are also included in this volume." (jacket)
