Disaster Prepardness for Natural Hazards: Current status in India

Author(s)
Bandyopadhyay, C.
Publication language
English
Pages
434pp
Date published
01 Jun 2014
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disasters
Organisations
European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Natural Hazards in India 5
Chapter 3: National Disaster Preparedness 13
Chapter 4: National-level Disaster Management Planning 29
Chapter 5: State and Local-level Disaster Management Planning 39
Chapter 6: Disaster Preparedness Plans – Strengths and Weaknesses 49
Chapter 7: Communicating and Sharing Knowledge About Disaster
Preparedness 51
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Recommendations