India Disasters Report II

Redefining Disasters
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-809041-0
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

India Disasters Report II highlights the reality of disaster vulnerability in India due to natural causes and developmental interventions. It emphasizes the need to look at disasters as an outcome of processes rather than stand-alone events. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this Report emphasizes the importance of understanding the causes, effects, and complex dynamics of disasters. It asserts the need to link natural systems, social systems, and
technological limitations to devise policies and action plans for disaster prevention, relief operations, and environmentally-inclusive development. With climate change becoming a global concern, India now has laws and policies, national, state, and district level administrative set-ups, and humanitarian
initiatives in place for disaster preparedness and response measures. Exploring diverse issues such as vulnerability, development, environment, gender, health, and information, communication, and technology, in disasters, this Report discusses recent disasters in India and how new thinking affects policy initiatives and actual practice in disaster management.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of sociology, environmental sciences, and ecology, especially those interested in disaster management and related policies, as well as policymakers, administrators, activists, and non-governmental organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parasuraman, S.

Krishnan, Unni

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst, Katastrophen- und Zivilschutz
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz

Über Autor(innen)

S. Parasuraman is Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Unni Krishnan is Disaster Response Coordinator, Plan International, London.