Geographies of Disaster Risk Reduction Practices: New Approaches, Progress, and Contemporary Challenges (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 27) - Hardcover

Malakar, Kousik Das

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 183662011X ISBN 13: 9781836620112

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2026

Synopsis

In the intricate web of socio-environmental crises across diverse geographical landscapes, grasping the intricacies of geographies and socio-spatial ecologies in disaster risk reduction practices is indispensable for global socio-ecological sustainability. In response to this imperative, this volume pioneers the development of disaster risk reduction understanding within the disaster research domain.

This authored volume is structured into two parts. The initial part extensively explores the fundamentals of geographies in disaster risk reduction practices, encompassing concepts, methodologies, and challenges in disaster management, disaster preparedness, response, relief operations, resource allocation, disaster medicine, information dissemination, recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. It also delves into various applications and emerging trends, management techniques, applied practices through contemporary case studies, socio-ecological challenges in disaster risk reduction, and sustainability considerations in management practices.

The latter part focuses on real-world case studies within geographies and socio-spatial ecologies to examine scenarios of disaster risks, management practices, and community challenges specific to coastal regions. These case studies encompass topics such as mangrove vegetation health risks and stress, climate change adaptation strategies at the local level, shoreline change and vulnerability assessments, geographies of coastal hazards, societal vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as analyses of natural hazards and disaster risks, among others. This work enriches the scientific and practical understanding of mitigating disaster risks, and advocating for stakeholder integration in disaster policy planning among planners, scientists, researchers, professionals, government officials, students, and anyone else engaged in disaster research globally.

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About the Author

Kousik Das Malakar is a socio-ecological geographer, GIS analyst, and researcher specializing in climate change and policy. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at GDC Memorial College, India. Dr. Malakar earned his Ph.D. from the Central University of Haryana, India. He holds a master’s degree in social science geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree in the same discipline from Vidyasagar University, Medinipur. His research interests include the climate crisis, socio-ecological systems, coastal environments, sustainability, disaster studies, participatory policy planning, and geospatial technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 183662011X
• ISBN 13: 9781836620112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272