Planning for human settlements in disaster prone areas / by S. Parsad

By:

Parsad, S

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Manglam Pubs., 2009. Delhi:Description: 256pISBN:

9788190712750

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.349572 PAR-P

Contents:

1.Introduction -- 2.Spatial Planning And Land Management -- 3.Land Use Planning In Earthquake -- 4.Prone Areas -- 5.Sustainable Human Settlements -- 6.Natural Disaster Recovery Planning -- 7.Strategies For Future -- 8.Disaster And After -- 9.Sustainable Relief And Reconstruction -- 10.Disaster Mitigation For Achieving Human Security In India -- 11.The Role Of Local Institutions And Their Interaction.

Summary: Atmospheric events like windstorms, hurricanes flooding drought, avalanches and forest fires are common occurrant but windstorms and flooding are most common. Increase in Natural Disaster in developing countries and lack of capacities of these countries to manage the risks have been jeopardizing the process of development. The book carries out analytical description about various sorts of planning which are taken out in post-disaster period for the purpose of human settlement such as spatial planning in and land management, land use planning in earthquake-prone areas, sustainable human settlem.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-2	Non Fiction	363.349572 PAR-P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000927

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1.Introduction --
2.Spatial Planning And Land Management --
3.Land Use Planning In Earthquake --
4.Prone Areas --
5.Sustainable Human Settlements --
6.Natural Disaster Recovery Planning --
7.Strategies For Future --
8.Disaster And After --
9.Sustainable Relief And Reconstruction --
10.Disaster Mitigation For Achieving Human Security In India --
11.The Role Of Local Institutions And Their Interaction.

Atmospheric events like windstorms, hurricanes flooding drought, avalanches and forest fires are common occurrant but windstorms and flooding are most common. Increase in Natural Disaster in developing countries and lack of capacities of these countries to manage the risks have been jeopardizing the process of development. The book carries out analytical description about various sorts of planning which are taken out in post-disaster period for the purpose of human settlement such as spatial planning in and land management, land use planning in earthquake-prone areas, sustainable human settlem.

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