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The vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands : a study of disasters and response / Punam Tripathi.
Van Pelt Library DS486.5.A5 T75 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tripathi, Punam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural disasters--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Natural disasters.
- Disasters--India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Disasters.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)--History.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India).
- India--Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Contents:
- Identifying disasters in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Epidemics : a disaster of the nineteenth century
- World War II : a disaster of the twentieth century
- The 1947 Partition of India and vulnerability of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- The tsunami : a disaster of the twenty-first century
- Damage and the tsunami
- Vulnerability and the tsunami
- Response and the tsunami
- Compensation and the tsunami
- Recovery and the tsunami
- Conclusion : the vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-324) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138062368
- 1138062367
- OCLC:
- 1014173079
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