TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh, Jagbir, ed.
TI  - Disaster management: future challenges and opportunities
SN  - 9788189866464
U1  - 658.477 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - I.K. International Pub. House
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Disasters
N1  - Section 1: Natural Disaster Management
1. Fire Disaster: Challenges, Opportunities and its Management-
    A Case Study of Australia 
   Joan Schreijaeg-Gilniour
2. Challenges of Flood Disaster Management: A Case Study 
    Noida 
    R.B. Singh and Swarnima Singh
3. Global Warming: Challenges for Food Security in India 
    Mohinder Singh Kadayan
4. Landslide Disasters and its Management 
    Alpana Parmar and Sheel Kumar
5. Flood Disaster: Its Impact, Challenges and Management in 
    India
    Rajesh Kumar Abhay
6. Earthquake Hazard Management 
    Sheel Kumar

Section 2: Man Made Disasters
7. Temporal Transport Hazard Dynamics: A Case Study of Delhi 
     R.B. Singh and Swarnima Singh
8. Solid Waste Management: Post-Disaster 
    Bharat Jhamnani and S.K. Singh
9. Preliminary Assessment of Impact of Tsunami on the Nutrient 
    and Sediment Dynamics in the Pichavaram Mangrove 
    Ecosystem, India 
    A.L Ramanathan, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan and M. Bala Krishna 
    Prasad
10. AIDS: Health Disaster, Challenges and its Management in 
      Delhi 
      Neetu Malik
11. A Threat of Bio-terrorism in Mega Cities
      Anand Shukla
12. Antibacterial Activity of Some Botano-Extracts Against Plant
      Pathogenic Bacteria Pseudomonas syringae
      S.K. Bhardwaj
13. Technological Hazards: Man-Made Disasters
      Surender Singh
14. Climate Change and Vulnerability of Coastal Mega Cities
      Shyamoli Sen and Sushmita Goswami
15. Fire Hazard Management In Urban Areas
      Ms. Vidhi Saluja & Sheel Kumar

Scction 3: Role of Technology in Disaster Management
16. Future Applications and Challenges of Remote Sensing,
      GPS and GIS in Disaster Management in India
      Jagbir Singh
17. Fire Disaster and its Possible Management through GIS 
      Technology in Delhi
      Anupma Verma
18. Avalanches Problem in India and the Role of GIS, Remote 
      Sensing and Information Technology in its Mitigation
      Sabina Walia

Section 4: Community Preparedness
19. Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation: Key to Disaster 
       Management
       R.B. Singh
20. Partnership Development with VBOs in Disaster 
      Management in Delhi
      Biranchi Rout and Vijay Ummidi
21. The Impact of Tsunami on the Groundwater Quality in 
      Tamilnadu, South East Coast of India
      Ramanathan AL, Chidambaram and Senthil Kumar G
22. Role of Tourism Business Firms in Disaster Management 
      Strategies
      P. V. Khalri
23. Impact of Tsunami on Coastal Zones
      Senthil Kumar G and S. Chidambaram
24. Challenges and Opportunities to Disaster Management in 
      India
      Swati Thakur
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