Disaster Resilience in South Asia: Tackling the Odds in the Sub-Continental Fringes

ISBN-13: 9781138370029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 222 str.

Iftekhar Ahmed; Kim Maund; Thayaparan Gajendran

Opis

This book considers the challenges of building disaster resilience in South Asia – a region that frequently experiences some of the most severe and devastating impacts of disasters.

Spis treści

Foreword; 1. Introduction: Tackling the Odds in the Sub-Continental Fringes: Disaster Resilience in the Smaller Countries of South Asia; 2. An Old Hand: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction Institutional Framework in Bangladesh; 3. Icy Flood: Adapting to the impacts of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Bhutan; 4. Staying Afloat: Disaster recovery in the climate change-threatened atolls of the Maldives; 5. Rule of Thumb: Opportunities and barriers to compliance of building codes for disaster resilience in Nepal; 6. Framing Accountability: Policy implementation following floods and landslides in Sri Lanka; 7. Conclusion: Key considerations for disaster resilience in the smaller countries of South Asia; Index