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A practical guide to disaster management /
The Indian subcontinent is vulnerable to drought, floods, cyclones and earthquakes. Landslides, avalanche and forest fires also occur frequently. Among the 32 States/Union Territories in the country, 22 are multi-disaster prone. As much as 40 million hectare of land in the country has been identifie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Delhi :
Pragun Publication,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Indian subcontinent is vulnerable to drought, floods, cyclones and earthquakes. Landslides, avalanche and forest fires also occur frequently. Among the 32 States/Union Territories in the country, 22 are multi-disaster prone. As much as 40 million hectare of land in the country has been identified as flood prone, and on an average 18.6 million hectare of land is flooded annually. About 57% of area of the country is vulnerable to seismic activity. 18% of country's total area is drought prone, approximately 50 million people are annually affected by drought and about 68% of total sown area of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 488 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-488). |
| ISBN: | 9781441652195 1441652191 8189920812 9788189920814 9789350440865 9350440865 |