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Disaster administration and management : Text and case studies

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Publication details: New Delhi Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2007Description: 626p viiISBN:
  • 978-81-8450-033-2
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.046 GOE
Contents:
Contents: 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.
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Contents:
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.

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