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Disasters undermine societal well-being, causing loss of lives and damage to social and economic infrastructures. Disaster resilience is central to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, especially in regions where extreme inequality combines with the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Disaster risk reduction and resilience requires participation of wide array of stakeholders ranging from academicians to policy makers to disaster managers. Disaster Resilient Cities: Adaptation for Sustainable Development offers evidence-based, problem-solving techniques from social, natural, engineering and other disciplinary perspectives. It connects data, research, conceptual work with practical cases on disaster risk management, capturing the multi-sectoral aspects of disaster resilience, adaptation strategy and sustainability. The book links disaster risk management with sustainable development under a common umbrella, showing that effective disaster resilience strategies and practices lead to achieving broader sustainable development goals.

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Author:   Sangam Shrestha (Associate Professor and Program Chair of Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology.) ,  Riyanti Djalante (Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University) ,  Rajib Shaw (Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan) ,  Indrajit Pal (Assistant Professor of Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, India)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9780323851954

ISBN 10:   0323851959
Pages:   834
Publication Date:   23 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1. Disaster Resilience a key player on achieving sustainable development goals: A regional perspective 2. Role of Public Policy in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Review 3. Transboundary Water Risk Governance Frameworks in Deltaic Socio-Economic Regions: A Case Study of River Deltas in Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam 4. Framing the Determinants of Drought Vulnerability in Malawian Communities: An Exposure, Susceptibility and Capacity Perspective from Karonga District 5. Disaster-resilience and Sustainability in South and South East Asia: The Politico-Diplomatic Equations of Regional Cooperation 6. Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Model for GIS-based Seismic Risk Study of Thiruvananthapuram City 7. Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability in Highly Industrialized Noyyal Basin Using AHP-Drastic and Geographic Information System 8. GIS-based Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Mapping using Fuzzy Gamma Operator Model in Part of Trans-Asian Highway (Mao–Kangpokpi), Manipur, India 9. GIS perspective hazard risk assessment – A study of Fiji Island 10. Inter-annual and intra-annual comparative study of Sea Surface Temperature distribution over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea within the time frame of 2003-2018 11. Flood damage assessment with multi-temporal earth observation SAR satellite images 12. Ecosystem for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: A case study after the Cyclone ""AILA"" 13. Climate risk information as a basis for adaptive spatial planning: A case study from Thailand 14. Characterization of Meteorological Droughts in the Upper Bhima Catchment of Maharashtra State, India 15. Challenges in Main Streaming Climate Resilience in Land Use Planning: A Case Study in Malaysian Local Government 16. Identification of drought intensity and development of drought resilience in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India 17. Assessing the impact of 2018 tropical rainfall and the consecutive flood-related damage for the state of Kerala, India. 18. Coastal Ecosystems and Changing Economic Activities: Challenges for Sustainability Transition 19. Conceptualizing an Integrated Framework for Natural Hazards, Insurance, and Poverty Nexus 20. Pre and Post- Disaster Human Settlements Development in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Thailand 21. Estimation of District-wise Livelihood Vulnerability Index for the Four Coastal States in India 22. Assessing the Role of a Rehabilitated Polder in Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Case Study from Bangladesh 23. Risk Reduction and Resilience Build-up in Railroad transport 24. Salinity and the Health of the Poor in Coastal Bangladesh 25. Assessing the impact of damage and government response towards the cyclone Gaja in Tamil Nadu, India 26. 2017 Flash Flood in Bangladesh: Lessons learnt 27. Effects of Soil Erosion on Water Quality: A Case Study from Uma-Oya Catchment, Sri Lanka 28. Citizen Sciences for Smart Water Solution in Southwestern part of Bangladesh 29. Social capital and disaster risk reduction in a periurban context 30. Disaster Risk Reduction Education (DRRE) and Resilience in Asia-Pacific 31. In Pursuit of a Taxonomical Definition of Disaster Diplomacy – An Empirical Scientometric Analysis 32. Formal and Non-formal Disaster Education interventions in Pakistan Chapter 33. Last mile communication of Multi-hazard Early Warning- a Case study on Bangladesh"

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"Sangam Shrestha is Associate Professor and Program Chair of Water Engineering and Management at the Asian Institute of Technology. He researches water resources management, climate change impact assessment, and groundwater assessment and management. Shrestha has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented more than 60 conference papers. He is the co-author of “Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities: Concepts, Methods and Case Studies” (Elsevier) Riyanti Djalante is Academic Programme Officer at United Nations University. She coordinates the research and policy Development stream on Global Change and Resilience, focusing on sustainable development, governance, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Dr. Rajib Shaw is a professor at Keio University's Graduate School of Media and Governance. He is also the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia and CWS Japan, two Japanese NGOs, and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan. He was previously the Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and a Kyoto University Professor. Disaster governance, community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education are all areas of interest for him. Professor Shaw is the Chair of the UN Science Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (STAG) and the Co-Chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). He's also the CLA (Coordinating Lead Author) for the IPCC's 6th Assessment Report's Asia chapter. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal ""Progress in Disaster Science"" published by Elsevier, as well as the series editor of a Springer book series on disaster risk reduction. Prof. Shaw has over 45 books to his credit, as well as over 300 scholarly papers and book chapters. Dr. Indrajit Pal, an associate professor in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management program at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, brings over 21 years of expertise in disaster risk governance, hazard assessment, CBDRM, public health risk, and disaster resilience. With a distinguished background, he previously contributed to the Centre for Disaster Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India. Dr. Pal holds a pivotal role as a Board member of the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Japan, and serves as a Visiting Professor at Keio University. His advisory contributions extend to Disaster Risk Reduction for the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). Dr. Pal is a prolific author and editor, with a portfolio of 15 books and over 180 peer-reviewed papers and chapters. Leading impactful projects in the Asia-Pacific region, his research focuses on risk characterization in Asian Delta communities and climate resilience in Lao PDR."

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