Disaster whether natural or man-made are causing a great loss to all –human beings, animals, plants and resources –buildings, infrastructure and above all cause psychological problems. Disasters are increasing with the move to material civilization, urbanization, industrialization and greed. With this new cult, even natural disasters are occurring because of the disturbances in natural equilibrium caused by the greed and lust of human beings to exploit natural resources to get rich quickly. In this pioneering work, Encyclipaedia of Disaster Management in 3 volumes, the author has critically analysed and come out with concrete suggestions to overcome the problems of disaster management. This Volume 1 on Disaster Management Policy and Administration deals with the concept and theoretical framework essential for prevention, relief, mitigation, preparedness and rehabilitation. These have been impact of man-made or natural disasters. The impact of disasters can be lessened through advance planning, developing warning system as well as prompt implementation. It is essentials to understand and practice all the techniques which can help us in prevention, mitigation, and rehabilitation. Techniques like mapping, advance planning and preparing decision packages, using MBO approach, network analyses, time management, co-ordination, information technology, human resource development, etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.L. Goel
Dr. S.L. Goel, Emeritus Fellow UGC at Panjab University, and an eminent social scientist has been teaching Public Administration and Political Science for over thses decades. He has been a member of University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Distance Education Council and a member of All India Board of Management under All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of HRD, New Delhi. His field of specialisation is Public Administration and Management. He has been advisor to Himachal Pradesh and Haryana Health Departments under their USAID Programme. He has written a number of books on Management and Public Administration, foreign students for Doctoral research as well as conducted a large number of training programmes for senior administrators. He has been an elected member of the Senate of P.U., Chandigarh form 1984-88. He is widely traveled in India and Abroad. He was Chairman for UGC IXth Plan Allocation for the Universities in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and Co-Chairman for Maharashtra. North-East Universities as well as with some Central Universities. He was Convenor UGC Tth Plan Committee for Jama Milia University, New Delhi, Chitarkoot University, Chitarkoot, Rajasthan University, Jaipur and all Colleges of Delhi University. He was a member of Xth Plan Committee at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 2003. As a member of UGC, he was associated with a number of Programmes like Academic Staff associated with a number of Programmes like Academic Staff Colleges, Special Assistance Programme, Autonomous Colleges, where he contributed substantially. He has also published more than thirty books on other areas. He has been a Visiting Professor and a consultanat at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He visited USSR under Indo-cultural Exchange Programme. He has also served as Professor of Public Administration at Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Chandigarh and in the capacity directed a number of Executive Development Rogrammes meant for Senior Civil Servants. He visited D.R. of Korea, Japan, Hongkong to study the system of Education. He was in Hungary, Switzerland, France, Italy and U.K. to study the health care system in these countries during the summer of 1999.
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