ARE YOU PREPARED FOR A DISASTER? : Mitigation and Management of Disasters
Rajni Sekhri Sibal
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR A DISASTER? : Mitigation and Management of Disasters - 1 - New Delhi Bloomsbury 2020/01/01 - 265
We live in a world which experiences dramatic loss of life due to natural disasters and hazards.
This comprehensive book by Rajni Sibal, formerly the Additional Secretary (Disaster Management), Government of India, outlines methods for preparing households, businesses, commercial establishments and communities to address the substantial risk of disasters.
Rajni Sibal addresses considerations important in understanding hazards of cyclones, chemical spills, floods and landslides to catastrophic events. The book not only includes the procedures used by safety experts but also focuses on areas often overlooked during the response and post disaster periods.
Packed with information, real life experiences, case studies and important details, the book contains an extensive list of the how-to's for avoiding mistakes which turn natural and man-made catastrophes into larger disasters, and makes preparing for disasters less intimidating.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author Note -- Acknowledgements -- One: Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction -- Two: India: Disasters and their Management -- Three: Seismic Hazard: Earthquakes -- Four: Tsunamis -- Five: Fire -- Six: Hydro-meteorological Hazards I: Floods, Tropical Storms, Lightning, Dust & Hail Storms, and Urban Flooding -- Seven: Hydro-meteorological Hazards II: Cyclones -- Eight: Landslides and Avalanches -- Nine: CBRN I: Nuclear, Radiological, and Chemical Disasters -- Ten: CBRN II: Biological Disasters and Epidemics
Eleven: Heatwaves, Cold Waves, Agrarian Disasters: Drought, Frost, and Pest Attacks -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- References -- Whom to Contact for What in India
9789389351927
Purchased Prism Books,Kadavanthra
Emergency management -- India.
Rajni Sibal- Secretary- Disaster Management
Hazard mitigation -- India.
Commercial Establishments- Management
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.
India.
658.477 / RAJ/AR
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR A DISASTER? : Mitigation and Management of Disasters - 1 - New Delhi Bloomsbury 2020/01/01 - 265
We live in a world which experiences dramatic loss of life due to natural disasters and hazards.
This comprehensive book by Rajni Sibal, formerly the Additional Secretary (Disaster Management), Government of India, outlines methods for preparing households, businesses, commercial establishments and communities to address the substantial risk of disasters.
Rajni Sibal addresses considerations important in understanding hazards of cyclones, chemical spills, floods and landslides to catastrophic events. The book not only includes the procedures used by safety experts but also focuses on areas often overlooked during the response and post disaster periods.
Packed with information, real life experiences, case studies and important details, the book contains an extensive list of the how-to's for avoiding mistakes which turn natural and man-made catastrophes into larger disasters, and makes preparing for disasters less intimidating.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author Note -- Acknowledgements -- One: Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction -- Two: India: Disasters and their Management -- Three: Seismic Hazard: Earthquakes -- Four: Tsunamis -- Five: Fire -- Six: Hydro-meteorological Hazards I: Floods, Tropical Storms, Lightning, Dust & Hail Storms, and Urban Flooding -- Seven: Hydro-meteorological Hazards II: Cyclones -- Eight: Landslides and Avalanches -- Nine: CBRN I: Nuclear, Radiological, and Chemical Disasters -- Ten: CBRN II: Biological Disasters and Epidemics
Eleven: Heatwaves, Cold Waves, Agrarian Disasters: Drought, Frost, and Pest Attacks -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- References -- Whom to Contact for What in India
9789389351927
Purchased Prism Books,Kadavanthra
Emergency management -- India.
Rajni Sibal- Secretary- Disaster Management
Hazard mitigation -- India.
Commercial Establishments- Management
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.
India.
658.477 / RAJ/AR