International Handbook of Disaster Research

ISBN-13: 9789811983870 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 2300 str.

Amita Singh

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​This handbook is a comprehensive source of information, analysis and directions in disaster studies. It goes beyond the oft-explored issues of management and science related to the topic and explores policies, governance, law and decision-making combined with the processes of implementation and enforcement, all the while integrating the latest science and technology updates related to the topic, such as artificial intelligence and early warning systems. It brings together studies which relate to sociology, politics and institutional economics, which work under the impact of resource availability, issues of leadership and international laws. 

Disasters are trans-boundary and disaster studies are trans-disciplinary. It is this aspect which would form the fulcrum of contributions and present a new, refreshing and innovative design for the handbook. The transformatory pedagogy which started with the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks. The four priority areas around which the book would revolve are (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

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Section I. Policy Implementation and Best Practices

1. Accountability in Disaster Law 2. Property Rights for Disaster Recovery 3. Man-made Disaster – a Case of Failed Governance in a Latin American Economy 4. Indigenous Knowledge and Early Warning Systems 5. Approach for mitigating the effects of natural disasters: A study with special reference to Uttarakhand and Himachal Flash Floods 6. Disasters and Health Emergencies 7. Institutional Preparedness against Disasters: Case study of Odisha 8. Building Disaster Resilient Coastal Cities : An Assessment of Coastal Regulation Laws and Judicial Statements in India 9. Caring for Pets and Homeless Animals During a Pandemic: An Animal Welfare Lesson for the South Asian Region 10. Public Sector Continuity Planning: Preparing the Bureaucracy in the Age of the New Normal 11. Welfare Policies, Institutions and Distributive Justice in times of Pandemic: Insights on Inclusive Governance from India 12. An Investigation into Sustainable Strategies for the Conservation of Water Resources: A Case Study 13. Community Resilience and Chronic Flood in Imphal City 14. Requisition of Resources and Payment of Compensation under the Indian Disaster Law – A Study of COVID 19 Pandemic 15. From Sunderbans to Kolkata: Disaster Displacement, Management and Mitigation 16. A Study of Animal Behaviour and Natural Disasters 17. Inter-Agency Coordination in Disaster Management 18. Disaster Management and Police: Managing Law and Order 19. Post-2019 Floods, Epidemic Control in Bihar 20. Coastal Resilience and Urbanization Challenges in India 21. Ethics, Law and Morality in Disaster Management: A Tale of International Law 22. Federalism and Its Impact on Emergency: Transforming Response to Disasters 23. Exploring Disaster Mitigation Strategies: E-governance as a Critical Enabler 24. Managing the Dead During Disasters 25. Building Resilience against Nuclear Disaster 26. COVID-19 Combat and Beyond: Challenges for the NDMA 27. Covid-19 Pandemic and Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health 28. Disaster Preparedness in the Context of the Mt.Apo Natural Park in the Philippines 29. Resilient Cities, Vulnerable Communities: Disaster Governance in the Coastal Cities in Indonesia 30. Coastal Settlement Vulnerability on Risk of Abration Disaster 31. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Natural Disasters on Businesses in the Pacific: Preparing for unknown future disruptions 32. Post-Disaster Dispute Resolution: A New Zealand Case Study 33. Business Continuity Planning (BCB) for Critical Infrastructure - Airport’s perspective 34. Disability and Disasters 35. Land Management and Disasters 36. An Integrated Approach Towards Smart and Resilient Cities 37. Fishers, Community resilienceand Disaster Management: Learning from the Grassroots of Odisha, India 

Section II. Emerging Technologies and Innovative Applications of AI in DRR 

38. Role of Data Science in Disaster Risk Reduction: Experiences from the Global South 39. Citizen Helper System in Human-centered AI use in disaster management 40. Resilient heritage using the drone and ground-based multi-sensor imagery 41. Ultralight Platforms to Coordinate First Responders and Communications 42. Use of Artificial Intelligence in Damage Control during Kolhapur Floods 2019 43. Preempting Disaster Preparedness Through Air Quality Improvement 44. Role of Social Media Imagery in Disaster Informatics 45. Remote Sensing Tools for Crisis Assessment in DRR 46. Big Data and Multi-Platform Social Media Services in Disaster management 47. Role of Microblogs in Relief Operations During Disasters 48. Role of Crisis Information Through Microblogs in Disaster Management 49. Disaster Rescue Communication Using Mobile Devices, social media, and Artificial Intelligence 50. Role of Geolocation Prediction in Disaster Management 51. Remote Sensing for Flood Mapping and Monitoring 

Section III. GIS & Geospatial Studies

52. Reconstruction of Mexico City after the 2017 earthquake: Redensification and Finance 53. Natural Hazard and Disaster Planning in the State of Oregon: Action and Wishful Thinking 54. Numerical simulation and modeling of landslide related hazards using geospatial technology: Selected case studies from India and abroad 55. Management of the impact of Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani of 2019 in Odisha 56. DisasterInduced Vulnerabilities and Institutional Response in Indo- Nepal Tarai Region 57. Controlling Seasonal Epidemic Outbreak in Bihar 58. Climate Change Adaptation & Drought Risk Reduction-A Case Study of Bihar 59. oGEMPA: A geomagnetic signal processing system for pre-earthquake anomaly detection 60. Resilience of a city against Fani disaster 61. Loss and Damage Analysis of Natural Disasters 62. Smart Cities – Spatial Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction 63. Role of Scientists in Disaster/ Risk Communication 64. Factors influencing performance and growth of emergency management operational sectors 65. Risk Mapping in Managing Flood Vulnerability in Disaster Management 66. Historical geospatial perspective of cloudburst events in Indian Himalayas 67. Space Technology and Disaster Medicine NASA/Landsat7 based retrospective Study of Haiti 2010 Cholera Epidemic 

Section IV. Institutions & Governance

68. Kerala During the Pandemic Times of NIPAH And Covid 19 – A Case Study 69. Building Resilience and Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM): Experiences and Lessons from Communities in the Philippines 70. Role of Indian Police in Covid 19 71. Resilience thinking in Disaster Governance 72. Migration and its impact on the Rural Economy during Covid-19 73. An assessment of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Tasks of the Barangay (Village) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committees of the River Basin Communities in Southern Philippines 74. Operational Decoding in Disaster Management 75. Disaster Governance: A Study of Earthquake 2015 in Nepal 76. Disaster Risk Reduction with Special Reference to 2018 Kerala Floods and Approaches to Reduce Flood Vulnerability at River Basin 77. Cultural Tangibles, Its Conservation and Challenges: Narratives from Varanasi 78. Disaster Risk Governance: Debates and Approaches 79. Evaluation of reconstruction practices: Post Disaster livelihood restoration 80. Flood, Livelihood and Community Resilience: A Study from Barak Valley Region of Assam in Northeast India 81. Response to Disaster Challenges of Senior Citizens: Trajectories of Building Resilience 82. Community Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Reduction at Sunderbans 83. Local Governance in India during a Pandemic: A Case for Granting Agency to Municipal Governments 84. Disaster Risk Reduction through Waterlogging Prevention in Bangladesh 85. Agriculture Vulnerability, Village communities and Disaster Management 86. Disaster Management in Jammu and Kashmir: Tracing the history of Relief and Rehabilitation amidst Destruction 87. Role of Local Governments in Disaster Management 88. Role of Sendai Framework and SDGs on Disaster Resilience Building 89. Training Programmes for Police in Disaster Risk Reduction 90. Deluge of the Century: An assessment of Kerala Floods 2018 and the Lessons drawn 

Section V. Smart Cities & Technological innovations for Disaster Management 

91. How implementing smart city mitigates the Covid-19 pandemic in Tehran 92. Role of Arts and Crafts in Enabling Post-Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of India 93. Enhancing the Smartness of the ‘Smart City’ Concept – A Critical Review 94. ICT Applications in Disaster Resilience in a Smart City in Colombo Area of Sri Lanka 95. Disaster Resilient Smart Cities – an Analysis for Social Inclusiveness with Special Reference to the Underprivileged 96. Disaster Governance and Policy for Dhaka: Building Smarter City 97. It's Now or Never: Disaster Management Plan for Libraries Located in Cyclone-prone Areas in India 98. Indigenous Art, Agency, and Epistemology: Disaster Art of Patuas, India 

Section VI. Media & Communication

99. Covid-19 Communication Strategies in India: An analysis using Social Amplification Risk Framework (SARF) 100. Keep Me Safe from Cyclone: Community radio and disaster campaign in the coastal areas of Bangladesh 101. Interrogating the Role of Environmental Journalist in the Disaster Context 102. A Study on Media Activities in Third World Countries in the COVID 19 pandemic situation 103. Post-Disaster Suffering: Amphan Cyclone in East Coast on India 104. Outreach strategies adopted by brands for flood affected communities in India with special reference to Floods in Kerala and West Bengal 105. An Ethical Code for Disaster Journalism 106. Capacity Building Through Stakeholder Training in Media and Communication for Effective Disaster Management 107. Managing MSME Resilience During Covid-19 108. The Public Discourse about Disaster on Facebook: From the Sri Lankan Context 109. Media and Communications in Disaster Risk Reduction 110. Disaster Communication and Trust 111. Social Media as a Catalyst in Disaster Risk Governance 112. Pandemic & Brand Communication in India 113. Disaster Management and Communication Technology: The Prospect of social media 114. Social Media and Communication for Older Adults during Disasters A narrative study of Ageing Population in Kolkata, West Bengal 115. Pandemic Survival Strategy of Hindi Film Studios the Case Study on Yash Raj Films 116. Media and Disaster Reporting: An Analysis of Kashmir Floods 2014 117. Disaster Communication and Community Radio: The Case of Cyclone Yaas in Odisha, India 118. Role and Impact of visual imagery during crisis 119. Government Information Dissemination Structures and Processes in Disasters 120. Reinventing Fashion Industry to Sustain Itself During Covid 19 121. Radio in Disaster Management 122. Brand Outreach During Disasters – Opportunities and Pitfalls 

Section VII. Sociology of Disasters

123. Disaster Preparedness, Disability Awareness and Disability Inequality: A Study of Hong Kong’s Property Management Sector 124. Indigenous knowledge and practices of the ethnic communities in disaster management 125. Disaster Preparedness and Grass-root Organisations: Making Tribal habitats Safe, Resilient and Sustainable 126. Combating domestic violence during COVID- 19 days 127. Food Security in India during Pandemic: Future Learning for ensuring Zero Hunger 128. Managing Teaching and Learning at Higher Educational Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: with reference to Sri Lanka 129. The Role of Traditional Institution of Governance in Disaster Risk Reduction in Eastern Himalayas 130. Good Practice in Preserving Cultural Heritage and Psychosocial Support: An Interdisciplinary Approach 131. Community Participation Strategies in Nepal’s disaster management 132. Disaster Induced Human Trafficking in India 133. Exploring the social effects of Disasters: causes, consequences and mitigation 134. Fictive Kinship and Resettlements of Sinhalese IDPs in Sri Lanka 

Section VIII. Disaster Law

135. Regulatory response to Disasters: Special focus on COVID-19 136. Navigating Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Law in India 137. Local Community Leaders Operating in Disaster Recovery 138. State responsibility for the management of civilian disaster in post-war situations 

Section IX. International Law & Collaboration during Disasters 

139. Contextual Understanding of Pandemic Migrants: A Progressive State Approach 140. Legal Aid Services for Disaster induced Gender-Based Violence in Coastal Bangladesh 141. Doctrine of Executive Immunity in Times of COVID-19: Experience from Indonesia 142. Women & Disaster Management in Bangladesh 143. International law, human rights, and public health emergencies during disasters: A developing country perspective 144. International Law Commission and International Disaster Law 145. State’s Obligation to Rehabilitate and Repatriate the Victim of Disaster Under International Law 146. Disaster Management in Bangladesh: A Critical Study of Statutes and Case laws 147. Disaster Management Laws: International and Indian Perspectives 148. PWD in COVID-19: Bangladesh Perspective 149. International Human Rights Law (IHRL) in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) planning 150. Nuclear Disaster: Assessing the Compliance of Global Nuclear Safety Regime in Bangladesh 151. COVID-19 Pandemic and Health for All 152. Climate change and Disaster Management in Bangladesh 153. Disaster Displacement and International Refugee Law: Locating Legal Protections in the Context of Climate Change Migration 154. Protecting civilians during armed conflicts: An appraisal of States’ obligations from an international law perspective with special reference to Sri Lanka 155. Disaster Generated Migration 156. Corporate Responsibility to Protect Human Rights: Evaluating the legal framework of Bangladesh in light of international and regional standards 157. Comparative analysis of legal framework for Disaster Management in South Asia 158. Humanitarian Relief in the Time of Covid: The Law and the Reality 

Section X. Administrative Initiatives and Best Practices

159. Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management 160. Oceans Are Our Fellow Brethren: The Use of Earth Jurisprudence Against Anthropogenic Marine Environmental Disasters in Sri Lanka 161. Making those accountable for man-made natural disasters: A critical appraisal of the law with special reference to Sri Lanka. 162. A comprehensive Approach to Training&Capacity Building 163. Drought, Food Insecurity and Gender Relations in India 164. Influence of Social Capital on Flood Risk Perception and Coping Capacity: A study of Kosi Region, Bihar 165. Good Governance Strategies for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction 166. Climate Change Disasters and Impact on Women in South Asia 167. Women and Domestic Violence during the Pandemic 168. Response of Biological Disaster Covid-19 in Bangladesh 169. Women’s Leadership in Disaster Management and Rebuilding Self and Society 170. Climate Change and Resilience of Cities: A case study of water related disasters 171. Challenges of Imparting Education During the Pandemic 

Section XI. Cities & Urban Governance

172. Post disaster housing reconstruction 173. Disability & Online education during the Pandemic 174. Studying Disasters through System’s Theory 175. Systemic disaster risk and response management 176. Policy change in the wake of major disasters 177. Livelihood Vulnerability of Coastal Communities in Kachchh, Gujarat, India 178. Impact of Climate Change on Cities and Urban Governance System in Asia and Africa a Comparative Analysis 179. Reimagining DRR in Urban Transformation: Confronting the Heterogeneity of Urban & Negotiations in Transforming Urban Landscapes 

Section XII. Business during Disasters

180. Indonesia’s Legal Complexities in Responding Natural Disaster 181. Platform Co-operatives and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Singapore 182. Tourism Industry and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia 183. Food Security and the Covid-19 Pandemic 184. CSR and sustainable coexistence with society during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Korean large enterprises 185. The Importance of Restructuring the Local Food System in the Context of Disaster Management: Lessons Learned from the Effect of Covid-19 on Agricultural Business in Japan 186. Times of Crisis - Women and Leadership 187. Sustaining and Shielding Business from Disasters: Assessing Indian Experiences of Covid-19 Pandemic Disaster Management 188. How Food and Beverage Industry Overcome the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong 189. Behaviourial Insights and Disaster Preparedness 190. Leadership and crisis management for businesses globally: The role of leadership in business sustainability in the COVID pandemic era and beyond

O autorze

​Amita Singh is President of NDRG, an Asia Pacific (NAPSIPAG) Disaster Research Group, a Senior Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi and Senior Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. She superannuated from the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2020 where she has also been the Founder Chairperson of the Special Centre for Disaster Research. She is member of the International Network for Disaster Studies and serves on the Board of many key international journals on disaster studies.

Prof. Singh is trained in Political Science, Public Administration and Law (MA, LLB. PhD). She is widely known for her grassroot transdisciplinary governance research with research collaborations spanning through many universities and government departments in India, South Asia, USA and Australia. Her work on implementation studies and best practices in community initiatives started in 2006 at the Hawke Centre of the University of South Australia, Adelaide. She further collaborated with the Global Innovators Network, at the Kennedy School, Harvard University and IT for Women Initiative at Maryland University Baltimore (2004-2006). She has been awarded the Australia-India Council (2006) and Australian Government-Monash Fellowship(2016). In 2016-2017 she was Visiting Professor at the American University at Washington DC. She has also served as a member of the Jury and Advisory Board of UNESCO-Netexplo International University at Paris and has presented her study of NGO led best practices at the UN General Assembly. She has supervised a large number of PhD students who adorn prestigious positions in academics and in administration. 

She has authored and edited many books and several national and international research papers besides being the ‘Series Editor’ for Palgrave-Macmillan’s ‘Global South Series on Disaster Management’ with five books in a row. She has authored some important fact finding reports ( Uttarakhand 2013 & Kerala 2018) on her collaborative empirical research related to disasters and administrative preparedness. These reports have served as lighthouses to policy makers and judiciary. As an advocate of animals and environment she has shared her experience in some daily newspapers such as the Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times and The Daily Guardian (Columnist).

Her contribution to community research has been duly acknowledged in the awards bestowed upon her ie; Delhi’s ‘Public Service Award’, NALSA’s ‘Social Justice Award’, ‘Millennium Award for Women in Public Services’ and ‘e-Governance Award’. She also received the 2014 Bangladesh's National Award ‘Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award’  in Dhaka. Prof. Singh is an ardent campaigner for habitat protection and rights of all species to share planet earth justifiably without violence.