Capacity building for disaster management/ edited by Aaradhana Salpekar and Tanmoy Rudra
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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Jnanda Prakashan, 2010Description: 388p. 23cmISBN: 9788171393947Subject(s): Natural disasters -- India | Emergency management -- India. View all subjects | Natural disaster warning systems -- IndiaDDC classification: 658.477 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 658.477 NAR/D Disaster management/ | 658.477 NEG/P Principles and practices of disaster management/ | 658.477 NIC/P Project management disasters and how to survive them/ | 658.477 SAL/C Capacity building for disaster management/ | 658.477 SAL/M Management of mahor disasters/ | 658.477 SAM/S State,NGOs & disaster management/ | 658.477 SCH/D Disaster management and preparedness/ |
1. Techno-Financial Approaches to Risk Mitigation in Asia 1
2. Role of Insurance and Reinsurance in Managing Financial Risks due to Natural Catastrophic Events 13
3. Capacity Building and Public Awareness 25
4. Some Capacity Building Initiatives in India on Earthquake Risk Reduction 32
5. Improving Preparedness and Reducing Vulnerability in Human Settlements 44
6. Assessment and Monitoring of Floods and Agricultural Drought using Remotely Sensed Data; Indian Scenario 72
7. Meteorological Training and Education: With Reference to Natural Disaster Mitigation and Management 88
8 Disaster Management for Flood Hazard in Bhandara District Using Remote Sensing and CIS 101
9. Natural Disaster Management through Thermal Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and GPS in Reference to Coal Mine Fire Hazards: A Case Study of Jharia, India 111
10. Tapping the Potential of Remote Sensing and CIS for Drought Monitoring 120
11. Risk Assessment of Natural Disasters, Mitigation and Management Strategies—Study 133
12. Disaster Knowledge Network 155
13. Disaster Prevention by Regulating Engineering Profession—A Legislative Framework for India 164
14. Techno-Legal Strategies for Disaster Risk Mitigation 185
15. Seismic Performance Examination of RC Buildings as per Asian Concrete Model Code (ACMC-2001) 205
16. Generation of Historical Vulnerability Indices Using a Desinventar Database 221
17. Development of Information Systems and Networking for Disaster Management—^An Overview 234
18. Adequacy of Existing Seismic Torsional Provisions: A Critical Review with Recommendations 259
19. Indian Policy, Legislation and Institutional Arrangements for Urban Risk Mitigation: An Argument for Right Based Approach 278
20. Important Elements of Disaster Management for Practitioners 319
21. Financing of Disaster Mitigation-Problems and Prospects 359
22. Disaster Knowledge Network: A Step Towards Effective Natural Disaster Management 368
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