All You Wanted to Know About Disasters

With 59% of land vulnerable to Earthquakes, 28% of Land vulnerable to Droughts, 12% of land vulnerable to Floods, 8% of land vulnerable to Cyclones, 1 million houses damaged annually + human, economics, social and other losses. Indian sub-continent is vulnerable to multiple hazards which lead to disasters on regular basis causing in the short term loss of life, property and lingering trauma and hallucinations for those who survived the disaster, in the long term. Community is the first responder to any disaster and is the least bothered to learn. A well aware community can not only respond to disasters in an organized manner but can take measures before hand to minimize the effect of disasters. The publication tries to provide A to Z information about important natural and man made disasters. Besides providing the basic information, the book covers what should be done at individual, administrative and NGOs level before, during and after the occurrence of disaster, to coordinate and reduce the effect of the tragedy. The book attempts to ensure that the user not only understands but also grasp everything in a short span of time, in an interactive manner. Key Features: More than 185 Figures, Images and Tables, Disasters Vulnerability Maps of India, Do’s and don’t before, during and after a disaster, Case Studies, Glossary. The book will prove useful to the students, teachers and researchers, policy makers, NGOs, community and above all a common man who wants to get the basic and updated information about the know how of all types of disasters.