Vulnerable India: A Geographical Study of Disasters

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-81-321-0077-5
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

This book de-myths the oft repeated claim of ‘natural disaster’ and puts forward socio-economic factors as the cause for the recurrence of disasters. With this framework, the author examines the popular notion of the Vulnerable India in psycho-geographical terms and unmasks the dimensions of vulnerability itself. In doing so the author foregrounds the factors that create and perpetuate vulnerability of the marginalized sections of the society and of the nation and redefines the phrase Vulnerable India. Presenting a national level inquiry, the three sections of the book called the Fact, Response, and Reality, spell a convincing argument for why disasters recur in India.

To provide a historical understanding of India’s continued failure to adequately contain damage to life and property, the book unravels the perceptions of disasters in traditional, colonial and modern India. It redefines the debate on new terms such as ‘disasterscape’, ‘the killed’, ‘disaster index’, ‘disaster divide’ and ‘vulnerability cluster’, to better represent the patterns that engender vulnerability. With the aid of exhaustive research, comparative statistical analyses and illustrative maps, it provides incisive insight into 16 different geophysicals across 594 districts of the country.

This book is ideal for students of geography, environmental sociology, development studies, social work and disaster management, and also for policy makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapur, Anu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Gopal Krishan
Preface
PART ONE: FACT
India's Disasterscape

Disasterscape Ascribed to the Naturals

PART TWO: RESPONSE
Traditional: Absorb and Appeal

Colonial: The Idea of 'Natural' Disaster

Post Independence (1947-1990): Apathy and Blame

Globalisation1990 Onwards: Recognition not Realisation

PART THREE: REALITY
Vulnerable India

A Disaster Divide

Appendices
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kapur, Anu
Anu Kapur is Associate Professor of Geography, Delhi School of Economics and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (2003–06). Her recent books are Disasters in India: Studies of Grim Reality and On Disasters in India.