Development and disaster management : a study of the northeastern states of India /: a study of the northeastern states of India. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Amita Singh, Milap Punia, Nivedita P. Haran, Thiyam Bharat Singh.
• Editors: Singh, Amita, 1955-; Punia, Milap; Haran, Nivedita P; Bharat Singh, Thiyam
• Contents: Section 1: Disasters, Management and Development.- Chapter 1 India's Northeast: Disasters, Development and Community Resilience.- Chapter 2 Natural disasters in The North-East: Crucial Role of Academia in saving Lives.- Chapter 3 Regional climate changes over Northeast India: Present and Future.- Chapter 4 Manipur Flood 2015: Preparedness and Disaster Risk- Reduction Strategies.- Chapter 5 Lessons from Manipur: Managing Earthquake Risk in a Changing Built Environment.- Chapter 6 State of Disaster Management in Manipur.- Chapter 7 Manipur's Tryst with Disaster Management Act, 2005.- Chapter 8 Reviving 'Public Policy' and Triggering 'Good Governance': A Step towards Sustainability.- Chapter 9 Heavy Machines and DRR in the Himalayan Northeastern States.-Section 2 : Vulnérabilité Studies.- Chapter 10 Co-Seismic Slip Observed from Continuous GPS Measurements: For the 2016 Manipur Earthquake (MW = 6.7).- Chapter 11 Post Earthquake Geo-Disaster of 6.7 Mw Manipur Earthquake, 2016.- Chapter 12 Landslide Zonation in Manipur Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies.- Chapter 13 Building a Resilient Community against Forest Fire Disasters in the Northeast India.- Chapter 14 The Khuga Dam - A Case Study.- Chapter 15 Dams and Disasters in the Northeast India: A Collateral 'Ethical' Relationship.- Chapter 16 Challenges of Achieving the Last Mile Delivery in Manipur.- Section 3: Community Resilience Studies.- Chapter 17 A Study of Socioeconomic Community Resilience in Manipur.- Chapter 18 'Living with Floods'- An Analysis of Floods Adaptation of Mising Community: A Case Study of Jiadhal River.- Chapter 19 Role of CBOs in Resilience Building: Good Practices and Challenges.- Chapter 20 Floods, Ecology and Cultural Adaptation in Lakhimpur District, Assam.- Chapter 21 The Women of Manipur and Incessant Disasters.- Chapter 22 Community Resilience building and the Role of Paite Tribe of Churchanpur in Manipur.- Chapter 23 Manipur's Population Explosion and Resilience Building in Urban Manipur.- Chapter 24 Community awareness on landslide disasters in Nagaland.- Chapter 25 Risk Perception and Disaster Preparedness in the Districts of Noney and Tamenglong.- Chapter 26 Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building during Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka and Churachandpur.- Chapter 27 Sans Community Resilience without Natural Resources Conservation in the Barbhag Block, Nalbari.- Chapter 28 Communities and Disasters in Nagaland: Landslides and the Cost of Development.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 353.9509541; Disaster relief -- India, Northeastern; Emergency management -- India, Northeastern; Emergency management -- Government policy -- India, Northeastern
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811084850
• Related ISBNs: 9789811084843
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