Disaster studies : exploring intersectionalities in disaster discourse / edited by Janki Andharia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andharia, Janki, editor.

Series:

Disaster studies and management.

Disaster studies and management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Physical Description:

xxxi, 462 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, 2020.

Summary:

"This book covers several dimensions of disaster studies as an emerging discipline. It is the inaugural book in the series 'Disaster Studies and Management and deals with questions such as "Is disaster management a field of practice, a profession, or simply a new area of study?" Exploring intersectionalities, the book also examines areas of research that could help enhance the discourse on disaster management from policy and practice perspectives, revisiting conventional event-centric approaches, which are the basis for most writings on the subject. Several case studies and comparative analyses reflect a critical reading of research and practice concerning disasters and their management. The book offers valuable insights into various subjects including the challenge of establishing inter- and multi-disciplinary teams within the academia involved in disaster studies, and sociological and anthropological readings of post-disaster memoryscapes. Each of the contributors has an enduring interest in disaster studies, thus enriching the book immensely. This book will be of interest to all the students and scholars of disaster studies and disaster management, as well as to practitioners and policymakers."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Disaster studies / Janki Andharia ; Blurred boundaries, shared practices : disaster studies as an emerging discipline and disaster management as a field of practice / Janki Andharia ; The need for comparative research in disaster studies : developing broader theories from research / Daniel P. Aldrich ; Setting a public policy agenda for disaster research in India / Krishna S. Vatsa ; 'I lived through a disaster' : disaster memories and lived experiences after the 2010 Leh flash floods / Shubhda Arora ; An unusual 'toofan' : governance of communal violence and disaster management in Gujarat / Sanjeevini Badigar Lokhande ; Woman and the gender bias of disasters : when vulnerabilities converge / Jamie Weare

Disaster studies : intersectionalities between policy and practice. Maritime logistics in national and regional 'Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief' (HADR) scenarios / Pradeep Chauhan ; Combating flood and erosion in the Lower Ganga Plain in India : some unexplored issues / Kalyan Rudra ; Reintegrating the "Other" challenges of stigmatization in policies and practice : the case of Ebola survivors and their relatives during the 2014-2016 epidemic / Alex Tsakiridis ; Gender and development in post-disaster reconstruction : Indian experience / V. Thiruppugazh ; Building disaster resilience through sustainable housing : an initiative in Meghalaya / Harsha Sridhar ; One size fits all? Polemics of disaster management and development from the perspective of post tsunami experiences of the Nicobari Islanders / Janki Andharia ; Towards measuring resilience of low-income settlements in cities : the case of Mumbai / Vikas Lakhani and Janki Andharia

The making of a disaster. Cascading vulnerabilities : food insecurity among women in disaster-prone areas in India / Larina Fernandez, Manomita Das and Janki Andharia ; Silent, slow-onset disaster : weak state response to arsenic poisoning : case studies in Assam and West Bengal / Vijay Ganesh, Alok Yadav and Karthik Seshan ; A web of vulnerabilities : eco-fragility, poor livelihoods and cyclones in Sundarban Region, India / Janki Andharia ; Not the time to take feet off the pedal : Sri Lanka's transitional justice process / Prabhakar Jayaprakash ; Mining, development, armed conflicts and disasters : issues and challenges / Goldy M. George ; Conflict, state intervention and development strategies : a case of Nagaland in particular, Northeast in general / Nishit Dholabhai ; The making of a disaster : conflict intractability and governance contradictions in Kashmir / Saima Farhad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789813293380

9813293381

OCLC:

1180003593