Disaster Science and Management / Tushar Bhattacharya

By: Bhattacharya, TusharContributor(s): Bhattacharya, TusharMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: :Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | :E/261, Shastri Nagar DelhiPublication details: Chennai ;McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2012Description: xiv, 181 pages : illustrations (some color), color map 24cmISBN: 9781259007361Subject(s): Social problems & social services | Other social problems & services | Disasters | Emergency managementDDC classification: 363.3480 BHA
Contents:
A. Dedication -- B. Preface -- C. List of figures -- D. List of tables -- E. Auther's profile -- 1. Global disaster perspective -- Global natural risk specific profiles -- 2. The definition of disaster: its relationship with human development -- Definition -- Types of disasters -- Relationship between disaster and human development -- Disaster management cycle -- 3. Causes and effects of various types of disasters -- Water and climate related disasters -- Geosciences related disasters -- Industrial, nuclear and chemical disasters -- Accident-related disasters -- Biological disasters -- Disasters caused due to social, ethnic and religious conflicts -- 4. Engineering and technical aspects of disasters -- Disasters caused due to engineering and technical failure -- Earthquake engineering -- Coastal engineering -- Technology and disaster management -- Quantitative risk assessment -- Pollution control and monitoring -- 5. Environmental aspects of disasters -- Introduction -- A case study of arsenic contamination in west bengal -- Applied ecology, environmental chemistry -- toxicology -- geology -- remote sensing -- economics -- 6. Urban disasters -- Introduction -- Selected city specific vulnerability -- 7. Climate change -- Introduction -- Probable impacts of climate change -- Greenhouse gases -- Responses to climate change -- 8. Impact of disasters -- Introduction -- Assessment of disaster impacts using modern technologies -- 9. Human rights in disaster management -- Sphere standard -- 10. Disaster and government's response -- High powered committee on disaster management in india -- Disaster management act 2005 -- Tsunami warning center -- National cyclone risk mitigation project -- The national building code (nbc) in india -- 11. Responding to disasters -- Disaster management -- Response and rehabilitation after disasters -- 12. Hunger and disaster -- 13. General observations -- A. References.
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A. Dedication --
B. Preface --
C. List of figures --
D. List of tables --
E. Auther's profile --
1. Global disaster perspective --
Global natural risk specific profiles --
2. The definition of disaster: its relationship with human development --
Definition --
Types of disasters --
Relationship between disaster and human development --
Disaster management cycle --
3. Causes and effects of various types of disasters --
Water and climate related disasters --
Geosciences related disasters --
Industrial, nuclear and chemical disasters --
Accident-related disasters --
Biological disasters --
Disasters caused due to social, ethnic and religious conflicts --
4. Engineering and technical aspects of disasters --
Disasters caused due to engineering and technical failure --
Earthquake engineering --
Coastal engineering --
Technology and disaster management --
Quantitative risk assessment --
Pollution control and monitoring --
5. Environmental aspects of disasters --
Introduction --
A case study of arsenic contamination in west bengal --
Applied ecology, environmental chemistry --
toxicology --
geology --
remote sensing --
economics --
6. Urban disasters --
Introduction --
Selected city specific vulnerability --
7. Climate change --
Introduction --
Probable impacts of climate change --
Greenhouse gases --
Responses to climate change --
8. Impact of disasters --
Introduction --
Assessment of disaster impacts using modern technologies --
9. Human rights in disaster management --
Sphere standard --
10. Disaster and government's response --
High powered committee on disaster management in india --
Disaster management act 2005 --
Tsunami warning center --
National cyclone risk mitigation project --
The national building code (nbc) in india --
11. Responding to disasters --
Disaster management --
Response and rehabilitation after disasters --
12. Hunger and disaster --
13. General observations --
A. References.

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