Disaster risk governance in India and cross cutting issues. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Indrajit Pal, Rajib Shaw, editors.
• Editors: Pal, Indrajit; Shaw, Rajib
• Contents: Disaster Governance and its Relevance -- Disaster Risk Reduction: The Indian Landscape -- Disaster Governance and Legal Systems in India -- National level Disaster Risk Governance for Rapid Response -- Disaster Risk Reduction: Importance of Responsibilities of States -- Disaster Governance in West Bengal, India -- Multi Stakeholder Support in Disaster Risk Governance in India -- Disaster Risk Governance and Response Management for Flood – a case of Assam, INDIA -- Lessons learnt from 16/17 June 2013 Disaster of Uttarakhand, India -- Uttarakhand Calamity: A Climate Revelation in the Bhagirathi River Valley Uttarakhand, India -- Risk Governance for improving Urban Disaster Risk Reduction -- Risk Governance Measures and Actions in Sundarban Delta (INDIA) – a Holistic Analysis of post disaster situations of Cyclone AILA -- Good Governance to achieve Resiliency and Sustainable Development -- A Participatory Approach to Enhance Disaster Risk governance: The Case of Delhi, INDIA -- Impact of Natural Disasters on schools in India: Current scenario in terms of Policies and Practices -- Enforcement of Building Construction Regulations in Urban Centers of India -- Catastrophic Insurance in South Asia: Scope in India -- Landslide Risk Assessment in Darjeeling hills using Multi-Criteria Decision Support System- A Bayesian Network approach -- Landslides and Erosion Control Measures by Vetiver System.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 413 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 353.9/50954; Emergency management -- India; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management; Emergency management; Sustainable Development; India; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811033100; 9811033102; 9811033099; 9789811033094
• Related ISBNs: 9789811033094
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 10, 2017).
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