Overview

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers, practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.

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Author:   S. Anand Babu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.290kg
ISBN:  

9781032644684

ISBN 10:   1032644680
Pages:   492
Publication Date:   27 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgement Part 1: Building Resilience of Communities to Disasters 1. Indigenous Knowledge and Practices of the Small Ethnic Communities of Asia-Pacific Island Countries in Facing Hydro-meteorological Hazards Mahfuzul Haque 2. An Inquiry in to Critical Factors of Community Resilience of Tribal Community: A Case of Kerala Geetha A. and Shyni Anil Kumar 3. Where the Underprivileged Achieve Disaster Resilience: The Dawn of a Self-Sufficient Neighborhood Monisha Makena and Shriya Sahu 4. Poverty and Disaster Risk Reduction Link for Sustainable Development ""A Case Study of Union Councils of District Swabi"" Ahmed Faraz Khan 5. Life with Jiadhal: A Study of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Disaster Resilience Annekha Chetia 6. Redesigning the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Approach in India with Addition of Risk Perception from the Communities Bhola Saha, D. Saran Prakash, Tanmay Gound and Repaul Kanji 7. Strengthening Indigenous Capacity for Building Resilience: A Case Study of Community Grain Banks in Palamu, Jharkhand Akanksha Pandey 8. Indigenous Capacity for Disaster Resilience of the Flood Affected People in Bangladesh Md. Anwar Hossain 9. Family Preparedness for Disaster Risk Reduction by Engaging Local Governance and Communities in Bihar (India) Geetanjali Kumari, Vivek Kumar Singh, Amritanjali and Amrita Dhiman 10. Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sendai Framework: What Does it Mean for Bihar Disaster Resilience Practitioners? Sunil Kumar Chaudhary Part 2: Developing Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters 11. Kautilya’s Antecedents, Contemporary Disaster Resilience: Relevance of Today’s Strengths and Limitations Prof. Priti Diliprao Pohekar 12. Avhan: Maharashtra Chancellors Brigade: NSS: State Level Training Camp on Disaster Preparedness Shrikrishna Digambar Tupare 13. Can Disaster Management Capabilities be enhanced through a Well Developed and Structured Training Embedded Capacity Building Strategy? Prayaga M. A. 14. Hopeful Tomorrow Jaypal Patil 15. A Study of Community Vulnerability and Capacity in the Context of Climate Change in Majuli, Assam Josephine Nongmaithem 16. Basic Education on Disaster Management for Saving Lives Bhasker Gupta 17. Capacity Development for Pri on Disaster Management in the Flood Affected Districts in Bihar Ashok Kumar Sahay and R. B. Singh 18. Building Resilience Through Disaster Management Perspectives in Higher Education Leena Mahesh Gadkari, Swati Desai and Pankaj Natu Part 3: Disaster Preparedness for Response 19. Military Response to Natural Disasters: The Resilience of Affected Nations Chad A. Long 20. A Review of Response to COVID 19—IRS as Management Tool V. N. Supanekar 21. Evacuation of the Transient Population: Review of the Behavioral Aspects and Challenges Suvam Banerjee, Indrajit Ghosh and Rajat Rastogi 22. Ham Club Station within District EOCs to Reduce Disaster Mortality Kailash Gupta 23. Assessing the Capacity of Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) for Disaster Response: A Case of Kozhikode District, Kerala Shyni Anilkumar 24. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Institutional Mechanism of Police Force in Akola District Shubham M. Daberao 25. Safety Up-gradation in Indian Nuclear Power Plants; Education and Preparedness on Disaster Management for First Respondents to Ensure Safety of Plant Personnel and Public R. Sureshkumar, N. N. Pisharody and K. K. De 26. Fire as a Disaster: Review of VariousPrevention, Protection and Management Techniques Sanjeev Kumar Joshi and Amit Kumar Saini 27. Evolution of Disaster Management in Indian Railways Bhupinder Singla and Samarth Singh 28. Disaster Communication—Role of Civil Society in Preparedness Harsha Bhargavi Pandiri 29. Emergence of Grey Water, Past Present and Future: An Overview Sonam Saroha Part 4: Resilient Energy and Infrastructure 30. Seismic Response Evaluation of Electrical Equipment—An Approach for Resilient Power System R. Panneer Selvam and Yamini Gupta 31. Climate Change Induced Disaster and Resilient Infrastructure In Coastal Area Nur E Alam Md Jobayer Sarwar 32. A Noble Ultra Low Cost Vibration Detection and Warning System to Avoid Railway Accidents Sanjoy Deb, Saravana Kumar R. and Ramkumar R 33. Latest Innovations in Optimizing Renewable Energy Systems Infrastructure Efficiency Ashok G. Matani 34. Resilient Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift to Safe Structures Ramrakhiyani Juhi 35. Business Continuity Planning for Rail Infrastructure in India under Multi-hazard Risk Analysis Dheeraj Joshi 36. Safe and Reliable Railway Operations Through Assessment and Mitigation of Wheel-Slip Risks in Railways Shikha Saini 37. Assessing the Role of Infrastructure Resilience within Community Resilience in Disaster Management Vidya M. P. and Shyni Anilkumar 38. An Innovative Approach to Cost Effective Design of Earthquake-Resistant Bridges and Roads Sunil Kumar Chaudhary 39. Role of Dynamics in Seismic Resilience of Built Structures in India B. M. Raisinghani, T. H. Bhoraniya, A. Kumar, A. Jaiswal and S. G. Shah 40. Earthquake Risk Reduction: Effective Recovery for Building Sustainable Community Resilience Tanushree Verma Part 5: Resilience of Built up Environment 41. Assessing Building Vulnerability of Indian Cities in Earthquake Zone V Tanushri Kamble and Sarika Bahadure 42. Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Tehri-Koteshwar Road in the Lesser Himalayas, India Koushik Pandit, Mahendra Singh and Jagdish Prasad Sahoo 43. ‘Blue Economy’ vs ‘Coastal Human Settlements and Their Houses’—A Framework to Identify Similar Construction Methods and Materials K. Sasikala, P. Harikrishna, S. Thamarai Selvi and N. Lakshmanan 44. Evolution of Humanitarian Shelter Aid Design and Quarantine Housing in COVID 19 Pandemic Kankana Narayan Dev and Amarendra Kumar Das 45. Buildings in Severe Earthquake Zones Made of Structural Steel Hollow and Plate Members Arup Saha Chaudhuri and Avijit Ghosh 46. P-Delta Effects on SCWB & WCSB Steel Frames Subject To Seismic Loading Arup Saha Chaudhuri, Ritu parna Chatterjee, Tan moy Banerjee and Uttarayan Chakrabarty 47. Importance of Risk Allocation for Insuring Large Infrastructure Projects: A Legal Perspective Bhavya Bose, Abhay Dev Sharma and Kartik Baijal Part 6: Managing Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in Disasters 48. Reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Through Nostalgia Inducing Music: Exploring the Role of Resilience Sahiba Sharma and Gyan Prakash 49. Managing Post-traumatic Stress Disorders in Disasters: University Students Priyanka Verma and Sheela Misra 50. Post-traumatic Reactions of Adolescents in a Conflict Region: Findings from an Ethnographic Study on Mental Health in Jammu and Kashmir Urfat Anjem Mir, Kokila Khanna and Anushka Singh 51. The Impact of Natural Disaster on the Mental Health of Rescue Workers V. Vithya, Neethu P. S. and Amala Sudarsan 52. Effectiveness of Training Workshop for Health and Mental Health Professionals on Psychosocial Care in Disaster Management Anil Hemanna Doddamani, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa and Sekar Kasi 53. Samaashraya: An Innovative Mental Health Clinic for Trauma Survivors Dinakaran Damodharan, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar and Kasi Sekar 54. Training Workshop for Health and Mental Health Professionals on Psychosocial Care in Disaster Management with a Relief Centric to Disaster Risk Reduction Approach Yasir Arafath, Anil Hemanna Doddamani, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Jayakumar C., Tansa K. A. and Sekar Kasi 55. Networking and Knowledge Management for Capacity Building in CESC, a Power Utility in Kolkata Asoke Chakraborty 56. Role of Higher Education in Disaster Preparedness and Management in India Nuzhat Parveen Khan and Ashish Saraswat"

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