Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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Reflexivity, habitus and vulnerability: Vietnamese farmers' attribution of responsibility in a post-disaster context
Tập 32 Số 2 - Trang 298-310
This article examines how farmers' assignment of responsibility for the disaster
in late 2015 – early 2016 connects with reflexivity, habitus and local
vulnerability.,This article uses semi-structured interviews with 28
disaster-affected households in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta to answer the
question.,This article finds out that Vietnamese farmers actively accepted their
responsibility for the di...
Spatial variability assessment of river‐line floods and flash floods in Himalaya : A case study using GIS
Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 135-159
– The main objective of the study is to identify the vulnerable areas for
river‐line and flash flood hazard and its mitigation through GIS Database
Management System (DBMS) of geo‐hydrometeorological parameters. The Dabka
watershed constitutes a part of the Kosi Basin in the Lesser Himalaya, India in
district Nainital has been selected for the case illustration., – The Dabka DBMS
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Gujarat earthquake – some emerging issues
Tập 10 Số 5 - Trang 349-355
Recently, a powerful earthquake of the magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter Scale
that rocked the western Indian state of Gujarat has caused extensive damage to
life and property. Apart from human misery, it has devastated the state
physically, socially and economically. Discusses some issues which emerged from
this disaster on search and rescue, relief and rehabilitation, scientific and
technical, com...