Disaster Management In The Complex Himalayan Terrains

Author : Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,Suraj Kumar Singh,Mahendra Singh Nathawat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030893088

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Disaster Management in the Complex Himalayan Terrains by Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,Suraj Kumar Singh,Mahendra Singh Nathawat Pdf

South Asia, harboring the complex Himalayan terrains, has over one-fifth of the world’s population and is recognized as the most hazard-prone region of the world. The exponential increase in population with the consequent pressure on natural resources and continued high rates of poverty and food insecurity also makes this region the most vulnerable region to hazards in the world as far as the impacts of climate change are concerned. Over the last century, the climatic trends in South-Asia have been observed to be characterized by increasing air temperatures and an increasing trend in the intensity and frequency of extreme events. IPCC (2014) has reported that the Himalayan highlands shall face significant warming over the next century. The increasing frequency of natural hazards due to the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas calls for efficient management and policymaking in these regions, which can only be implemented by the local governments through an established science-based robust action plan. This edited volume focuses on the management of natural hazards using innovative techniques of spatial information sciences and satellite remote sensing. It contains chapters from eminent researchers and experts in the field of hazard management, remote sensing, and GIS. The primary focus of this book is to replenish the gap in the available literature on the subject by bringing the concepts, theories, and practical experiences of the specialists and professionals in this field together in one volume to help students, researchers, and policymakers to address issues concerning management and policy implications of natural hazards in the complex Himalayan region.

Author : Satendra
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : 8180690148

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Disaster Management in the Hills by Satendra Pdf

Relates To The Hills Terrain Of India Spread Over 98 Districts Which Are Prone To Natural Disasters. The Book Aims To Inform The Readers About These Natural Disasters And Their Management. A Model Has Been Suggested To Help Formulate Appropriate Disaster Management Plans And Their Implementation.

Author : Hari Krishna Nibanupudi,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9784431552420

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Mountain Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction by Hari Krishna Nibanupudi,Rajib Shaw Pdf

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods, river-line floods, erosion, and wet mass movements during the monsoon period and drought in the non-monsoon period. Against the backdrop of intensifying disasters and in the absence of a focused documentation of disaster risk reduction issues in the HKH region, this volume presents a comprehensive body of knowledge. The main purpose and objective of this publication is to connect existing data, research, conceptual work, and practical cases on risk, resilience, and risk reduction from the HKH region under a common analytical umbrella. The result is a contribution to advancing disaster resilience and risk reduction in the HKH region. The book will be of special interest to policy makers, donors, and researchers concerned with the disaster issues in the region.

Author : Sanjay Kumar,Suraj Kumar Singh,Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,M. S. Nathawat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781394167449

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Disaster Management and Environmental Sustainability by Sanjay Kumar,Suraj Kumar Singh,Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,M. S. Nathawat Pdf

Overuse of natural resources results in environmental deterioration, lowering the effectiveness of important ecosystem services, such as the mitigation of floods and landslides. This leads to a greater risk of disaster and, in turn, natural hazards that can further deteriorate the environment. The deterioration of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological aims and demands is described as environmental degradation. This degradation and the concomitant reduction of ecosystems and their irreplaceable services (the benefits humans gain) are driving disaster risk. Changes to the environment can alter the frequency and intensity of risks, as well as our exposure and sensitivity to these hazards. Addressing these issues requires improvement of the capacity to perform short and medium-term operations in disaster management based on long-term environmental considerations. At the local level, minimizing environmental degradation and ecosystem loss involves awareness of the links between unsustainable development and poverty. Communities are often driven to ruin their natural environment as a short-term coping mechanism for dealing with immediate issues; for instance, surviving a bad harvest by selling wood. Strategies for decreasing poverty by investing in environment-sensitive development should therefore support initiatives to minimize disaster risk and build resilience. There are common aspects in successful policies throughout various regions at the policy level, which extends to controlling climate change. Tools such as integrated water resources and coastal zone management, the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies, especially on fossil fuels and/or carbon taxes, renewable energy, marine protected areas, and cross-boundary biodiversity conservation, are all examples of policies used in more than one region but customized to each context. This scoping study finds and assesses available materials that relate environmental challenges and management with catastrophes and risk reduction activities in the Asia-Pacific area. This volume's analysis relies on case studies, examples, and the results of questionnaires and interviews of practitioners and organizations operating in the environment, disaster, and development domains.

Author : Anna Lukasiewicz,Tayanah O’Donnell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811924286

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Complex Disasters by Anna Lukasiewicz,Tayanah O’Donnell Pdf

This Edited book introduces the concept of complex disasters and considers both disaster risks and impacts across the disaster management spectrum – Prevention – Preparation – Response and Recovery. Three types of complex disasters are analysed – ‘Compound’, ‘Cascading’ and ‘Protracted’. Case studies include hazards from fires, through to floods, sea level rise and typhoons are explored through case studies from Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Each is written by scholars and/or practitioners with acknowledged expertise in the field and most chapters are based on detailed case studies of ongoing or recent research projects. The book will be useful to researchers in climate, disaster, or environmental and economic policy, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies, and practitioners and policy makers applying disaster theory and knowledge into policy and decision-making.

Author : Amit Kumar Thakur,,Narayan Singh
Publisher : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788179936597

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Disaster Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Conservation Issues by Amit Kumar Thakur,,Narayan Singh Pdf

The vulnerability of various regions of the world towards disasters, both natural and anthropogenic, is widely known. Disasters such as landslides, earthquakes, floods have a long-lasting effect on the environment and socio-economic systems. These disasters have been occurring at regular intervals of time and the economic and social cost of these mount every year. Disaster Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conservation Issues deals with the fundamental principles and current practices in the field of disasters. The book covers various environmental challenges and issues related to natural disasters that affect all forms of life. It discusses how disasters can be managed and the role corporate social responsibility can play in addressing the issues. The book also provides conservation steps that can help in mitigating disasters. Experts from different fields have contributed diverse, technical, and best concepts. Through the writings, the book will make readers better prepared for the challenges of disaster management and strive towards sustainable development.

Author : Sanjay Kumar,Suraj Kumar Singh,Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,M. S. Nathawat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781394166350

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Disaster Management and Environmental Sustainability by Sanjay Kumar,Suraj Kumar Singh,Shruti Kanga,Gowhar Meraj,Majid Farooq,M. S. Nathawat Pdf

Overuse of natural resources results in environmental deterioration, lowering the effectiveness of important ecosystem services, such as the mitigation of floods and landslides. This leads to a greater risk of disaster and, in turn, natural hazards that can further deteriorate the environment. The deterioration of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological aims and demands is described as environmental degradation. This degradation and the concomitant reduction of ecosystems and their irreplaceable services (the benefits humans gain) are driving disaster risk. Changes to the environment can alter the frequency and intensity of risks, as well as our exposure and sensitivity to these hazards. Addressing these issues requires improvement of the capacity to perform short and medium-term operations in disaster management based on long-term environmental considerations. At the local level, minimizing environmental degradation and ecosystem loss involves awareness of the links between unsustainable development and poverty. Communities are often driven to ruin their natural environment as a short-term coping mechanism for dealing with immediate issues; for instance, surviving a bad harvest by selling wood. Strategies for decreasing poverty by investing in environment-sensitive development should therefore support initiatives to minimize disaster risk and build resilience. There are common aspects in successful policies throughout various regions at the policy level, which extends to controlling climate change. Tools such as integrated water resources and coastal zone management, the removal of environmentally harmful subsidies, especially on fossil fuels and/or carbon taxes, renewable energy, marine protected areas, and cross-boundary biodiversity conservation, are all examples of policies used in more than one region but customized to each context. This scoping study finds and assesses available materials that relate environmental challenges and management with catastrophes and risk reduction activities in the Asia-Pacific area. This volume's analysis relies on case studies, examples, and the results of questionnaires and interviews of practitioners and organizations operating in the environment, disaster, and development domains.

Author : Bindhy Wasini Pandey
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Beās River Watershed (India)
ISBN : 8170998646

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Geoenvironmental Hazards in Himalaya by Bindhy Wasini Pandey Pdf

Author : Gaurav Tripathi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819716852

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Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analytics in Climate Change Research by Gaurav Tripathi Pdf

Author : R. B. Singh,Ram Babu Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015067816184

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Natural Hazards and Disaster Management by R. B. Singh,Ram Babu Singh Pdf

"Disaster management is a multidisciplinary area, covering a wide range of issues such as monitoring, forecasting, evacuation, search and rescue, relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation. It also requires multi-sectoral governance as scientists, planners, volunteers and communities all have important roles to play. These roles and activities span the pre-, during and post-disaster phases. Besides, shift of emphasis from disaster response to risk reduction has opened up areas of exploratory research in the subject. Vulnerability refers to the susceptibility of a community to a hazard. Vulnerability analysis seeks to predict disasters by ensuring timely preparedness on the part of people and institutions and concerned government agencies. The emerging arena of disaster mitigation is also becoming an integral aspect of development planning, policy formulation and implementation. This is where this book comes in. It contains 22 chapters in the form of conceptual and empirical case studies from India and other developed countries. The blend of theory, research and policy makes this book eminently worthwhile for anyone interested in disaster vulnerability and mitigation together with monitoring and forecasting and policy perspectives. It would be useful for students, researchers and teachers of geography, environmental studies, disaster management, civil engineering and policy science."

Author : Harsh K. Gupta
Publisher : Universities Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8173714568

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Disaster Management by Harsh K. Gupta Pdf

This Book Contains Seven Chapters, Each Dealing With One Major Natural Disaster Encountered In Our Country. Each Of The Authors Is An Expert In That Particular Field. The Outstanding Contribution Of This Book Is That It Not Only Deals With The Forecasting And Description Of The Various Natural Disasters, But Also Stresses The Management Aspect, Exhaustively Detailing The Necessary Steps That Need To Be Taken To Deal With The Fallout In The Wake Of These Disasters. The Book Also Describes The Advances In Remote Sensing And The State-Of-The-Art Technology Available In India For The Monitoring And Prediction Of These Phenomena. It Also Draws Up A Comprehensive Warning System To Be Implemented, In Order To Minimize The Extensive Losses To Life And Property That Occur Year After Year.

Author : I.Sundar T.Sezhiyan
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Crisis management
ISBN : 8176257494

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Disaster Management by I.Sundar T.Sezhiyan Pdf

Author : John W. Handmer,Stephen Dovers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849713504

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Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions by John W. Handmer,Stephen Dovers Pdf

Disasters both natural and human-induced are leading to spiralling costs in terms of human lives, lost livelihoods and damaged assets and businesses. Yet these consequences and the financial and human crises that follow catastrophes can often be traced to policies unsuited to the emerging scales of the problems they confront, and the lack of institutional capacity to implement planning and prevention or to manage disasters. This book seeks to overcome this mismatch and to guide development of a more strategic policy and institutional framework. This updated and revised second edition includes new coverage of climate change adaptation, which has rapidly become central to disaster and emergency planning and management. This is an essential handbook for practitioners across the world seeking to improve the quality, robustness and capacity of their disaster management mechanisms.

Author : Amita Singh,Milap Punia,Nivedita P. Haran,Thiyam Bharat Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811084850

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Development and Disaster Management by Amita Singh,Milap Punia,Nivedita P. Haran,Thiyam Bharat Singh Pdf

This book highlights the relationship between disasters and development through a socio-cultural study of human geography and governance institutions. It studies the cause, context and consequences of disasters in one of the most fragile Himalayan regions in India. The book establishes the fact that disaster management is built within the framework of good governance, without which it has no meaning. For lack of effective and responsive governance, development has lagged behind and even though the frequency of disasters has been increasing, little is being done to redesign developmental frameworks to prevent ensuing losses. Besides, the near absence of governmental support during recurrent disasters, communities have cumulatively become reservoirs of innovations to cope up with disasters. The resilience plans need not follow implanted models but may be cost effective only if they apply a bottom up approach. Just as the region is culturally diverse so are the challenges encountered by local communities in terms of generating resilience to every disaster. Despite more than a decade of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) of 2005, most of the states in this northeastern fringe of India continue to wait for its implementation beyond mere structures and offices. The book suggests that urgent action is required in accordance with the DMA 2005 towards inter-agency coordination, proactive participation of local governance, mobilization of Community based Organizations (CBOs) and curriculum based training in every academic and technical institution. Governments of these northeastern states of India should establish accountability of State Disaster Management Authorities and inspire them to participate proactively with communities for an effective resilience building in the region.

Author : Gopal Krishna Panda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031565915

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Landslide: Susceptibility, Risk Assessment and Sustainability by Gopal Krishna Panda Pdf