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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; Contents; Preface; Introduction; India-A Disaster Prone Land; Emergency, Calamity and Disaster; Disaster Preparedness and Response; Logistics, Awareness and Information; Emergency Planning for Natural Disasters; Emergency Relief and Shelter; Strategy for Emergency Construction and Reconstruction; Institutional and Organisational Needs; Floods and Dam Disaster; Buildings in Flood Prone Areas; Cyclones and Sea Erosion; Planning and Design of Cyclone Resistant Buildings; Retrofitting of Damaged Buildings; Drought and Desertification; Earthquakes, Volcanism and Tsunamis.
- Secondary Effects of EarthquakesPlanning, Design and Retrofitting of Structures in Earthquake Prone Areas; Fire Safety & Services- Standards; Health and Hygiene in Emergency; Site Development- Roads; Water Supply and Sanitation; Site Drainage; Policies and Planning for Disaster Management; Disaster Management; Contingency Planning and Project Implementation; Quality Control and Common Defects in Construction; Rehabilitation of Old Structures; Maintenance and Preventive Measures; Annexure 1; ANNEXURE 1A; ANNEXURE 1B; ANNEXURE 1C; Annexure 2; Annexure 3; Annexure 4; Annexure 5; Bibliography.