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 is constituted of......
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......