Communication, Science, Technology, and Innovation in Disaster Risk Management : Recent Trends and Approaches in South Asia / edited by Swapan Talukdar, Ranit Chatterjee, Somnath Bera, Atish Prashar, Rajib Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Talukdar, Swapan., Editor.

Chatterjee, Ranit., Editor.

Bera, Somnath., Editor.

Prashar, Atish, Editor.

Shaw, Rajib, Editor.

Series:

GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling, 2730-7514

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences.

Geography.

Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XX, 218 p. 79 illus., 69 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book presents the three pillars of Disaster Risk Management (DRM): communication, innovation, and science and technology. These three pillars are applied across five dimensions, namely risk identification and reduction, preparedness, financial protection, resilient recovery, and risk-informed investments in South Asia. In the coming decades, the region will experience rapid economic development and population growth, which, combined with the effects of climate change, will increase the likelihood of being affected by hazards. As hazards can negatively impact every sector of the economy and undo years of economic progress, effective measures to reduce the risk must be incorporated into development plans and poverty reduction strategies. Technological advances have opened up previously unimaginable opportunities to strengthen resilience and improve communications. In the South Asia, it has been experienced that the prevention of hazards and the development of emergency plans enabled by advances in communications and space technology can be much more successful and significantly costly effective than in the past. The use of space technology in disaster monitoring, early warning, and emergency response and for response has shown remarkable efficiency. New approaches to Disaster Risk Management (DRM) are becoming more available due to recent advances in space and communication technology. This book focuses on the use and innovation of space technology and communication for DRM in two specific areas: the Early Warning System (EWS) and the Disaster Information Management System (DIMS).

Contents:

Introduction of Disaster Risk Management

Impact of Cyclonic Induced Hazard on Ecotourism in Indian Sunderban Region

Impact Assessment of Glacial Lake Outbrust Flood (GLOF) on Infrastructure in Nepal Himalaya

Urban Flood and its Impact on Health in Informal Settlement of Developing Nation: A study from Pune, India

Communication Strategies in Disaster Risk Reduction: An Systematic Review in Asian and Pacific countries

Communicating Through Radio in Disaster Early Warning System: The Cases in Coastal India

Cognitive Dissonance and Disaster Risk Reduction: The Studies in Asian Countries

Understanding Risk Communication in Covid-19 Disaster Preparedness: An Qualitative Study in Rural and Urban India

Cascading Hazards Assessment Using Hybrid-machine Learning Algorithms

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based Assessment Landslide Monitoring: An Systematic Review

Improving Debris Flow Modelling Using Machine Learning

Developing Rainfall Threshold Method for Improving Multi-hazard Emergency Management

Social Innovation in Disaster Risk Management

Innovation in Disaster Resilient Energy Infrastructure

Climate Change and Innovations: Purpose, Impact and Key Considerations for Scaling up

Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling up Innovations in Disaster Risk Management: Case Study of India.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-031-77189-3

OCLC:

1524422336