Nature and Extent of Disaster Management in Balochistan

ISBN-13: 9783847377696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 88 str.

Rahim Bakhsh;Sarfraz Khan;Waheed Chaudhry

Opis

This book deals with the nature and extent of the disaster management among the rural inhabitants of District Barkhan in Balochistan. This work tries to understand the different types of indigenous early warning mechanisms in the locale i.e. wind based early warning system, animals based early warning system, and indigenous astronomy. This study also addresses the relationship between indigenous knowledge and early warning system.

O autorze

Rahim Bakhsh is working as a development consultant from the last six years with an International NGO. He has been enrolled to PhD programme in Anthropology at Quaid-i-Azam University. His main areas of interest include; Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Management.