Disaster Management by Vinod Sharma (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Theme papers: 1. Impact of natural disasters on environment and development: examples from Himalaya and Eastern and Western ghats/Chandiprasad Bhatt. 2. Natural disaster management in national development-an Indian perspective/K. Rajan. 3. Flood mitigation practices in India/P.C. Jain. 4. Disaster management in India: a community perspective/B.K. Verma and Brij Bhushan. 5. Action plan for earthquake disaster mitigation/A.S. Arya. 6. Basic principles and elements of disaster mitigation/Klaus Weirsing. 7. Functioning of disaster management organisation and methodology to cope with disasters in India/ Vinod K. Sharma. II. Case studies: 8. Drought management through anticipatory multidimensional approaches-a case study/A.R. Subbiah. 9. Drought in Rajasthan and Gujarat (1999-2000 and 2000-01)/L.C. Gupta and Vinod K. Sharma. 10. Natural disaster rehabilitation housing and structural mitigation and case study for earthquake affected areas/V. Suresh. 11. Case study in India: diagnosis, repair and strengthening of damaged buildings/Anand S. Arya. 12. Gujarat earthquake-energing issues and the lessons for future/Vinod K. Sharma and Chandrasekhar Rout. 13. Cyclone disaster management in coastal district of Andhra Pradesh-a case study/K.S. Ramesh. 14. Managing natural disasters-the lessons from Orissa super cyclone/Vinod K. Sharma and Chandrasekhar Rout. 15. Natural disasters/G.S. Mandal. III. Panel discussion: 16. Cost benefit considerations in disaster mitigation/Aasha Kapur Mehta. 17. Disaster 325 pp.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Disaster is any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life and deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response from outside the affected community. A disaster as an occurrence such as hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, blizzard, pestilence, famine, fire, explosion, volcanic eruption, building collapse, transportation wreck, or other situation that causes human suffering or creates human needs that the victims cannot alleviate without assistance. The present book "Disaster Risk and Impact Management: Approaches, Tools and Strategies" comprises of three sections: Disaster Risks: Overview, Case Studies and Strategic Approaches. Experts in the relevant fields have given critical appraisal of the various aspects of disasters risk and its management. The scientists, teachers, scholars, administrators and policy makers dealing with disaster risk and impact management find this book very useful and informative. (jacket).…