Disaster Risk Reduction Through Urban Planning - 2nd India Disaster Management Congress, 2-4 November 2009

Author(s)
Luthra, A.
Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
04 Nov 2009
Publisher
Guru Ramdas School of Planning
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Urban
Countries
India

 INTRODUCTION
• Disasters, natural or man-made, are considered to be the worst hazards causing widespread disruption of normalcy of the society, due to destruction of its properties, social & economic infrastructure and human lives.
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a term used for techniques focus on preventing or minimizing the effects of disasters.
• Among all the impac ts,earthquakes lead to destruction on a massive scale.
• 56% of global land is vulnerable to earthquakes.
• Urgency for planning and development strategies for DRR for human settlements, especially cities
like Delhi.