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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Disaster management. 3. Disaster prevention/mitigation. 4. National disaster management framework. 5. Natural disasters and management. 6. Coping with Tsunami and floods. 7. Earthquake mitigation. 8. Climate change and disasters. 9. Man made disasters and management. 10. Coping with man made disasters. 11. Awareness and motivation. 12. Training in disaster management. 13. Conclusions. Appendix. Select bibliography. Index. The subject of Disaster Management is assuming great importance of late. A few natural disasters like Tsunami Kashmir earthquake Mumbai floods have occurred heaping untold miseries on a large population. Man made disasters like terrorist attacks for example the World Trade Centre Towers in New York and London underground train blasts and in Kashmir accidents on road sea rail and air or release of toxic gas like the Bhopal gas tragedy have highlighted the need for national policy on disaster management and mitigation policy. The book Disaster Management is an attempt to bridge the gap in the availability on information of disasters. It spells out the need for better disaster management that would bring relief immediately to the victims of the tragedy. Moreover a disaster should lead to long term development. This is what is highlighted in the chapters. For the students and even others to understand and appreciate the nature of disaster management its is imperative they are exposed to all the aspects of disaster management in a manner they could easily comprehend. That is why technical jargon has been kept to the minimum. The style is simple and easy to understand. Examples of various types of disasters are furnished. Concrete steps have been suggested how each type of disaster could be tackled with both in terms of a short term perspective as well as long term solutions. Box 1 contains key words and box 2 topics for study that could help the students to concentrate on key issues and so appreciate the subject matter better. Students and others could use the book as a reference for dealing with any type of disaster. Each disaster is unique and the nature of mitigation could be different. However what is needed is not an ad hoc approach but a professional and result oriented policy that helps the victims. Not only short term interests of the affected persons should be looked into but also a disaster should spur the government into providing long term development for the people. For example quakeproof housing could provide a permanent solution to the earthquake problem. It is expected that the book would serve the interests of the students as a source of information for understanding and appreciating the finer aspects of disaster management. Others like the general readers the NGOs government employees and others could find a matter or two that could interest them. The more one understands how a disaster could be handled the better for a professional approach to disaster management and mitigation. 162 pp.

N.A. Zustand: New. ISBN: 9788184500332, 640pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Contents Preface. 1. Disaster meaning scope and impact. 2. Organisation for disaster management. 3. Incident Command System a new approach to organizational infrastructure. 4. Earthquakes. 5. Disaster management in mega cities. 6. Earthquakes (Tsunamis). 7. Cyclones. 8. Flood management. 9. Drought. 10. Desertification land degradation and deforestation. 11. Landslides and avalanche. 12. Chemical disaster a case study of Bhopal. 13. Road accidents. 14. Urban slums living disasters. 15. HIV/AIDS a serious increasing disaster. 16. Nuclear disaster and radiation hazards. 17. Disaster prevention through sustainable development. 18. Health and disaster management. 19. Railway safety. Appendices I. The Disaster Management Act 2005. II. Guidelines for Hazard Assessment and Vulnerability analysis. III. Concepts of hazards and vulnerability analysis. IV. Yokohama strategy and plan of action for a safer world. V. Forest fire hazards and disasters. Bibliography. Index. Disasters are increasing with the move to material civilization urbanization industrialization and greed. With this new cult even natural disasters are occurring because of the disturbances in natural equilibrium caused by the greed and lust of human beings to exploit natural resources to get rich quickly. This book Disaster Administration and Management Text and Case Studies has been divided into 19 chapters. This book would be of great use to policy makers and planners as well as academicians who are interested to save the succeeding generations from the courage of disasters. 626 pp.