Disaster Management: Warning Response and Community Relocation

Disaster Management: Warning Response and Community Relocation
ISBN-10
8190794183
ISBN-13
9788190794183
Series
Disaster Management
Category
Political Science
Pages
301
Language
English
Published
2009-12
Publisher
Global India Publications
Author
Amit Awasthy

Description

Overall this book expands on the problematic nature of disaster management.It has done so by stressing how the basic conceptual basis of disaster management,preparedness,has little scientific grounding and is plagued by conflicting interpretations,all of which suit organisational demands rather than the potential victims needs.Further it reviews related to hazard vulnerbility,disaster event characteristcs and pre-impact emergency management interventions as determinants of disaster impacts.It illustrates global patterns in disaster risk and development and introduces the concept of sustainable development as vision for creating disaster-resilient places.Further it outlines a vision for IT-enhanced disaster management in terms of six areas of IT-based capabilities with existing IT use in disaster management and to highlight how to progress would have tangible positive impacts.

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