Making India Disaster Resilient Challenges and Future Perspectives
Sendai Framework 2015 is voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the state has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and other stakeholders. This framework focuses on the...
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Springer International Publishing
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction and overview
- Value of case study method
- Part 1: Flood
- Urban flooding as an emerging challenge: Evidence from Chennai city
- Understanding flood risk and livelihood resilience in Begusarai
- Recent disasters in Kerala: Evidences from the field
- Flood plain mapping using Hecrus Model and geospatial techniques- A case study of varanasi city
- Part 2: Climate change and land use
- Contending global warming by popularising environment friendly fuel –Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
- Increasing vulnerability of Arabian Sea towards cyclonic storms
- Mapping agricultural drought vulnerability at regional level using GIS: A case study
- Part 3: Fire/Smog
- HRVC assessment of urban fire hazard: A case study of Malviya Nagar, Delhi
- Forest fire severity mapping using geospatial techniques: A case study of a part of Bandipur Reserve Forest, India
- Fire hazards in Anaj Mandi (Grain Market), Old Delhi: Vulnerability and resilience
- Assessment of fire disaster risk reduction in higher educational institutions in Delhi
- Part 4: Earthquake and other related hazards
- Earthquake awareness and preparedness survey of Yamuna River and surrounding region of Delhi
- Mapping fire, earthquake and bio-hazard in Delhi: A micro level study
- Surface deformation modelling using C-Band SAR Data – A case study on Shimla Town, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Part 5: Disaster and gender
- Gendered spaces, climate change and resilience in a Squatter Slum of Global South
- Part 6: Human aspects: Impact, vulnerability and governance
- Community participation in disaster risk reduction: A case study of Chamoli District, Uttarakhand
- Regulatory framework for regional cooperation on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in India and Globe
- Part 7: Summary
- Summary and concluding remarks