The Vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A Study of Disasters and Response

ISBN-13: 9780367735074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 334 str.

Punam Tripathi

Opis

This first full-length book addresses disasters in the context of vulnerability of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that comprise 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal. It looks at the disasters that the Islands have experienced in the last 200 years and analyses major disasters since colonization by the British. Raising some critical questions, this boo

Spis treści

List of Figures.  List of Tables.  Preface  1. Identifying Disasters in Andaman and Nicobar Islands  2. Epidemics: A Disaster of the 19th Century  3. World War II: A Disaster of the 20th Century 4. The 1947 Partition of India and Vulnerability of Andaman and Nicobar Islands  5. The Tsunami: A Disaster of the 21st Century  6. Damage and the Tsunami  7. Vulnerability and the Tsunami  8. Response and the Tsunami  9. Compensation and the Tsunami  10.  Recovery and the Tsunami  11. Conclusion: The Vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Index

O autorze

Punam Tripathi is an independent researcher and has a PhD from the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. Previously, she was Assistant Professor, Salesian College, Siliguri. Her research interests and publications focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Her articles have been published in Population Geography: A Journal of the Association of Population Geographers of India and Salesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences.