Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses
Editat de Bupinder Zutshi, Akbaruddin Ahmad, Ananda Babu Srungarapatien Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 iul 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789811088445
ISBN-10: 9811088446
Pagini: 361
Ilustrații: XXX, 361 p. 35 illus., 7 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore
ISBN-10: 9811088446
Pagini: 361
Ilustrații: XXX, 361 p. 35 illus., 7 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.78 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore
Cuprins
Chapter 1: The struggles of women: An Experience from the flood prone area.- Chapter 2: Innovative use of Technology (GIS) forStructural Inequality and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Indian Experience Disaster Risk Reduction- a case study.- Chapter 3: Bridging the Gap Between Academicians & Bureaucrats- the NYSAF Way.- Chapter 4: Recovery after Disasters- Problems and Prospects: The Case of Koslanda -Meeriyabedda Landslide in Sri Lanka.- Chapter 5: Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Disaster Management: Experie.- Chapter 6: Nces of the Coastal People of Bangladesh.- Chapter 7: Mainstreaming Nuclear Disaster Risk Reduction in India.- Chapter 8: Integrating disaster management content in to social work curriculum-voices of social work students.- Chapter 9: Coordination Does Matter for Effective Disaster Management in the Coastal Areas in Bangladesh.- Chapter 10: Cyclone Aila: Immediate Challenges and Impact on Socio-Economy.- Chapter 11: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression among the Survivors of Nepal Earthquake: A Need Assessment Study.- Chapter 12: Linking Gender vulnerability and Disasters.- Chapter 13: A Sociological Perspective on ‘Institutional Coordination’ for Disaster Risk Reduction in India.
Notă biografică
Bupinder Zutshi, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Prof. Zutshi has more than 38 years of teaching and research experience at post-graduate and research level. He has published 7 books, completed more than dozen research projects and written several research articles in research journals of repute published from India and abroad. He has organized several national and international seminars and conferences. His major research interests are issues related to human settlements and their changing habitat, disaster risk and vulnerability of human settlements. Other research interests are issues related to demographic changes and their consequences on population composition and population characteristics, education and child labour issues, studies on tribal communities. He has completed several research projects sponsored by national and international organizations, which includes UN Women (UNIFEM), UNESCO (New Delhi), International Bureau of Education (IBE, Geneva), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva), Ford Foundation (New Delhi), International Labour Organization (New Delhi), National Human Rights Commission of India, Election Commission of India and Indian Council for Social Science and Research.
Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is the Director and ProfessorBircham International University, Spain and Vice Chancellor, Darul Ihsan University, Bangladesh and Chairman of Bangladesh's leading civil society think tank, Policy Research Centre.bd.(PRC.bd). At present he is involved as the Chairman, Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institute of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) earlier headquartered at the Jawharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, now transferred to Colombo. He is also the Editor-in-Chief, Finance World Ltd. a weekly tabloid and Chairman, Royal Resort the only heritage resort in Bangladesh that manages the famous heritage palaces and mosque of the Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, the co-founder of the Dhaka University. He is the General Body Member of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). He is a reputed educationist and financial expert. He is a commerce graduate from the Dhaka University and obtained his MBA in Banking from the Edward University, USA and PhD in Banking & Finance from the Bircham International University, Spain. He is an outstanding scholar, management specialist with exposure in management of educational institutions of higher learning, financial institutions, banks and civil society think tank. Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is widely traveled and attended national, regional and international conferences, seminars and presented papers on disaster management, disaster law, financial sector reforms and tourism and authored several books and technical papers. He is a prolific writer and regular contributor to national dailies and peer reviewed national and international journals. He delivered lectures in BBA and MBA Programs. He has worked as a Senior Consultant for the World Bank/USAID for the Financial Sector Reform Project (FSRP) for the restructuring of four nationalized commercial banks and the Bangladesh Bank. He was also “IT” Advisor for Janata Bank, Rupali Bank and the Bangladesh Computer Council. Prof. Ahmad worked as the Vice-Chairman, International Information Systems Inc., Lowell, Mass., USA and Managing Director, Jeraisy Computer Services & Riyadh House Est., Saudi Arabia. He also worked as Senior Consultant, KPMG/ Rahman Rahman & Huq, Chartered Accountants. He has set up several schools, college, madrasahs as donor and founder and involved in several socio-cultural, religious and economic activities.
Dr. Ananda Babu Srungarapati is a societal awareness specialist, and a scholar. As the founder President of DMICS (Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society), he has so far conducted Ten National and International Conferences and Two World Congresses on Disaster Management. He has recently edited and published ‘Together for a Safer World’, proceedings of the Second World Congress on Disaster Management. Dr. Ananda Babu’s PhD Thesis – Rethinking the Subaltern: Babu Jagjivan Ram and the Dialectic of Marginality from the Department of English, Osmania University, reflects his clarity of thinking and conviction of courage in matters of social justice and general well being of Indian society.
Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is the Director and ProfessorBircham International University, Spain and Vice Chancellor, Darul Ihsan University, Bangladesh and Chairman of Bangladesh's leading civil society think tank, Policy Research Centre.bd.(PRC.bd). At present he is involved as the Chairman, Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institute of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) earlier headquartered at the Jawharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, now transferred to Colombo. He is also the Editor-in-Chief, Finance World Ltd. a weekly tabloid and Chairman, Royal Resort the only heritage resort in Bangladesh that manages the famous heritage palaces and mosque of the Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, the co-founder of the Dhaka University. He is the General Body Member of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). He is a reputed educationist and financial expert. He is a commerce graduate from the Dhaka University and obtained his MBA in Banking from the Edward University, USA and PhD in Banking & Finance from the Bircham International University, Spain. He is an outstanding scholar, management specialist with exposure in management of educational institutions of higher learning, financial institutions, banks and civil society think tank. Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is widely traveled and attended national, regional and international conferences, seminars and presented papers on disaster management, disaster law, financial sector reforms and tourism and authored several books and technical papers. He is a prolific writer and regular contributor to national dailies and peer reviewed national and international journals. He delivered lectures in BBA and MBA Programs. He has worked as a Senior Consultant for the World Bank/USAID for the Financial Sector Reform Project (FSRP) for the restructuring of four nationalized commercial banks and the Bangladesh Bank. He was also “IT” Advisor for Janata Bank, Rupali Bank and the Bangladesh Computer Council. Prof. Ahmad worked as the Vice-Chairman, International Information Systems Inc., Lowell, Mass., USA and Managing Director, Jeraisy Computer Services & Riyadh House Est., Saudi Arabia. He also worked as Senior Consultant, KPMG/ Rahman Rahman & Huq, Chartered Accountants. He has set up several schools, college, madrasahs as donor and founder and involved in several socio-cultural, religious and economic activities.
Dr. Ananda Babu Srungarapati is a societal awareness specialist, and a scholar. As the founder President of DMICS (Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society), he has so far conducted Ten National and International Conferences and Two World Congresses on Disaster Management. He has recently edited and published ‘Together for a Safer World’, proceedings of the Second World Congress on Disaster Management. Dr. Ananda Babu’s PhD Thesis – Rethinking the Subaltern: Babu Jagjivan Ram and the Dialectic of Marginality from the Department of English, Osmania University, reflects his clarity of thinking and conviction of courage in matters of social justice and general well being of Indian society.
Caracteristici
Highlights the fact that sustained progress is achievable only by taking committed action to reduce disaster risk and not just focusing upon human development indicators in isolation to disasters Reinforces the need for synergy at the local community level to address disasters Shows how local institutions become the energy reservoirs for democracy as they address disasters