Disaster Administration and Management : Text and Case Studies
Contents: Preface. 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.
"Disasters are increasing with the move to material civilization, urbanization, industrialization and greed. With this new cult, even natural disasters are occurring because of the disturbances in natural equilibrium caused by the greed and lust of human beings to exploit natural resources to get rich quickly.
This book "Disaster Administration and Management : Text and Case Studies" has been divided into 19 chapters. This book would be of great use to policy-makers and planners as well as academicians who are interested to save the succeeding generations from the courage of disasters." (jacket)
