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Techniques for disaster risk management and mitigation

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Srivastava, Prashant K., Singh, Sudhir Kumar, Mohanty, U. C., Murty, T. S. (Tadepalli Satyanarayana), 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2020.
Subjects:
Emergency management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • PREFACE
  • Section I Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Concepts and Methodologies of Environmental Hazards and Disasters
  • 1.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.2. HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE
  • 1.3. BIOPHYSICAL HAZARDS IN AGRICULTURE
  • 1.4. SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Solutions in the Hilly State of Mizoram, Northeast India
  • 2.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2. TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR LANDSLIDE PREVENTION
  • 2.3. BAMBOO-BASED HOUSING IN EARTHQUAKE PRONE ZONE
  • 2.4. COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS TO COMBAT FOREST FIRES
  • 2.5. LOCAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS IN MIZORAM
  • 2.6. CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 Urban Risk and Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards: A Perspective from Million-Plus Cities on the Indian Subcontinent
  • 3.1. BACKGROUND
  • 3.2. URBAN SYSTEM IN CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
  • 3.3. URBAN HAZARDS AND RISK
  • 3.4. URBAN RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION
  • 3.5. CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4 The Contribution of Earth Observation in Disaster Prediction, Management, and Mitigation: A Holistic View
  • 4.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2. EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREDICTION
  • 4.3. EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) FOR NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION
  • 4.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Section II Atmospheric Hazards and Disasters
  • Chapter 5 Tropical Cyclones Over the North Indian Ocean in Changing Climate
  • 5.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 5.2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
  • 5.3. RESULT AND ANALYSIS
  • 5.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTs
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6 Simulation of Intensity and Track of Tropical Cyclones Over the Arabian Sea Using the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Modeling System: with Different Initial Conditions (ICs)
  • 6.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2. SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL CYCLONES
  • 6.3. DESCRIPTION OF THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODEL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS
  • 6.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 6.5. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7 Development of a Soft Computing Model from the Reanalyzed Atmospheric Data to Detect Severe Weather Conditions
  • 7.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2. METHODOLOGY
  • 7.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
  • 7.4. CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8 Lightning, the Global Electric Circuit, and Climate
  • 8.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 8.2. LIGHTNING DISCHARGES
  • 8.3. LIGHTNING DISCHARGES AND THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
  • 8.4. ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES AND CLIMATE
  • 8.5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 9 An Exploration of the Panther Mountain Crater Impact Using Spatial Data and GIS Spatial Correlation Analysis Techniques
  • 9.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2. MATERIALS
  • 9.3. METHODOLOGY
  • 9.4. RESULTS