Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and contextual text that examines the manifold strategies of managing both natural and manmade disasters in India.
Disaster Management in India critically evaluates the various policies, plans, structures, institutions, processes as well as functionaries that work towards managing disasters in the country. It seeks to provoke its readers to not only revisit the entire discourse of disasters and their management, but also develop a sense of disaster resilience in their lives and effectively deal with any unwarranted natural or manmade eventuality.
Key Features:
• Explores disaster management from an interdisciplinary perspective
• Detailed analysis of various theoretical underpinnings necessary to understand the concept of disaster management
• Lucid explanation of ideas with tables, maps, flowcharts, appropriate examples and practice assignments
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part A: Understanding Disasters Introduction to Disasters Natural Disasters Man-made Disasters Contextualizing Disasters Part B: Disaster Management: Concept and Context Conceptualizing Disaster Management Disaster Management Cycle Global Thrust for Disaster Management Evolution of Disaster Management System Part C: Management of Disasters in India Disaster Profile of India Disaster Management Policy Legal Framework Disaster Mitigation: Institutional Arrangements Financial and Federal Dimensions Good Practices in Disaster Management Part D: New Horizons of Disaster Management Role of Science and Technology Voluntary Action and Multilateral Cooperation Innovations and Challenges in Managing Disasters Towards a Disaster-resilient India Managing a Biological Disaster: The Case of COVID-19 in India Conclusion Bibliography Index
