Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Vulnerability, Preparedness and Mitigation

ISBN-13: 9789401777643 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 615 str.

M. K. Jha

Opis

This book provides information about different facets of disaster management. It offers general guidelines as well as details modern tools/techniques and approaches for the mitigation of natural and anthropogenic disasters.

Spis treści

1. Natural and anthropogenic disasters: An overview 2. Earthquakes in India: Hazards, Genesis and Mitigation Measures 3. Impact of 2004 Tsunami on Housing, Sanitation and Water Supply as Wastes Management: The Cases of the Ampara District in Sri Lanka 4. Impact of December 2004 Tsunami on India Coasts and Mitigation Measures 5. Tsunami Impacts and Rehabilitation of Groundwater Supply: Lessons Learned from Eastern Sri Lanka 6. Tsunami Early Warning System: An Indian Ocean Perspective 7. Flood Hazards in India and Management Strategies 8. Modeling for Flood Control and Management 9. Real-time Flood Forecasting by a Hydrometric Data-Based Technique 10. Drought Hazards and Mitigation Measures 11. Indicators for Assessing Drought Hazard in Arid Regions of India 12. Tropical Cyclones: Trends, Forecasting and Mitigation 13. Temperature Extremes over India and their Relationships with El Nino-Southern Oscillation 14. Monitoring Physiographic Rainfall Variation for Sustainable Management of Water Bodies in India 15. Emerging Tools and Techniques for Mine Safety and Disaster Management 16. Management of Forest Fire Disaster: Perspectives from Swaziland 17. Climate Change and Water Resources in India: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies 18. Global Climate Change vis-a-vis Crop Productivity 19. Adapting Smallholder Dairy Production System to Climate Change 20. Climate Change-Proof Disaster Risk Reduction: Prospects and Challenges 21. Potential of Geospatial Technologies for Mitigating Land and Water Related Disasters 22. Decision Support System: Concept and Potential for Integrated Water Resources Management 23. Sustainable Forest Management: Key to Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation 24. Participatory Information Management for Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction 25. Cyclone Emergency Preparedness in DAE Coastal Installations, India 26. Sustainable Management of Disasters: Challenges and Prospects Index