Disaster planning and governance in India : experts' experiences and insights / edited by Sunita Reddy and Anil Kumar Sinha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reddy, Sunita, editor.

Sinha, Anil Kumar, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

With an increasing need for experts to provide solutions to complex disaster scenarios and related management issues across the globe, universities and governments are finding it highly relevant to introduce courses on disaster management. Disaster management education could help in disaster mitigation and could save several lives, as well as assets. Written in simple language by disaster professionals, most of whom have dedicated their entire careers to disaster management, this book will be an important textbook for graduate and postgraduate research students. It provides the history of disaster management, especially governance issues and scientific and technological development in the areas of disasters including recovery processes, which have drastically reduced the loss of lives. This book not only unfolds the process of evolution of disaster management and challenges faced by experts in the field, but also suggests various ways in which we can build a resilient country.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Praise for the Book

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Section I

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Section II

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Section III

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Section IV

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Abbreviations

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Reddy, Sunita Disaster Planning and Governance in India

ISBN:

9781527591967