Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Map
Foreword by Manmohan Singh
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
I INTRODUCTION Rethinking Disasters: Searching for Clarity and Relevance in Disaster Discourse (S. Parasuraman)
II VULNERABILITY Vulnerability and Disasters: An Overview of Concepts and Challenges (Janki Andharia)
III DEVELOPMENT Building 'Temples' on Shaky Ground: Development Policy and Disaster Risk (Christian Wolff)
Internally Displaced Persons: Nobody's Children (Walter Fernandes)
Hungry Millions: Retreating State and Predatory Capital (Vijoo Krishnan)
IV ENVIRONMENT Angry Earth, Pouring Rain: Nexus between Bad Environment and Disasters (Max Martin)
Drought: Threatening Food Security (Richard Mahapatra)
Dipping Water Levels: Looming Crisis (Shripad Dharmadhikary)
Unsafe Dams: Ticking Time Bombs (Himanshu Thakkar)
Linking Rivers: Cascading Problems (Himanshu Thakkar)
India's Cities: Disaster Zones? (Kalpana Sharma)
Industrial Disasters: Unlearnt Lessons (Nityanand Jayaraman)
Toxic Wastes: Growing Hazard (Ravi Agarwal)
Forecasting and Warning Systems in a Warming World (M. Rajeevan)
V GENDER Gender and Disasters (Nilanjana Biswas)
Sex-selection: Individual Decision, Collective Calamity (Laxmi Murthy)
VI HEALTH Psychosocial Support: Crying Need, Limited Capacity (Surinder Jaswal and Jacquleen Joseph)
VII INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN DISASTERS Stories of Threatening Seas (Frederick Noronha)
VIII REGIONAL CONTEXT (S. Parasuraman, Christian Wolff, and Nilanjana Biswas)
IX CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Annexure: Disasters in India-An Exploration through Data
About the Editors and Contributors.