Disaster Risk Governance in India and Cross Cutting Issues

Disaster Risk Governance in India and Cross Cutting Issues edited by Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw.

This book provides an analytical discussion of the status of disaster risk reduction and governance in an Indian context, drawing examples and lessons from the output of the national and regional level programs and projects and from other relevant experiences in the country. Different types of disas...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pal, Indrajit (Editor), Shaw, Rajib (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Physical geography.
Climate change.
Sustainable development.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Disaster Governance and its Relevance
  • Disaster Risk Reduction: The Indian Landscape
  • Disaster Governance and Legal Systems in India
  • National level Disaster Risk Governance for Rapid Response
  • Disaster Risk Reduction: Importance of Responsibilities of States
  • Disaster Governance in West Bengal, India
  • Multi Stakeholder Support in Disaster Risk Governance in India
  • Disaster Risk Governance and Response Management for Flood – a case of Assam, INDIA
  • Lessons learnt from 16/17 June 2013 Disaster of Uttarakhand, India
  • Uttarakhand Calamity: A Climate Revelation in the Bhagirathi River Valley Uttarakhand, India
  • Risk Governance for improving Urban Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Risk Governance Measures and Actions in Sundarban Delta (INDIA) – a Holistic Analysis of post disaster situations of Cyclone AILA
  • Good Governance to achieve Resiliency and Sustainable Development
  • A Participatory Approach to Enhance Disaster Risk governance: The Case of Delhi, INDIA
  • Impact of Natural Disasters on schools in India: Current scenario in terms of Policies and Practices
  • Enforcement of Building Construction Regulations in Urban Centers of India
  • Catastrophic Insurance in South Asia: Scope in India
  • Landslide Risk Assessment in Darjeeling hills using Multi-Criteria Decision Support System- A Bayesian Network approach
  • Landslides and Erosion Control Measures by Vetiver System. .

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