Disaster Management is an emerging discipline and has applications in frontline areas of disaster preparedness, floods, droughts, landslides, avalanches, cyclones, storms, tsunamies, el-ninos, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, forest fires and man made disasters like industrial accidents, rail and air accidents, technological disasters, war and its effect on the people and environment. This multi- volume Encyclopaedia covers areas, such as sea level rise, global climate change, genetic manipulation, desertification, nuclear disasters besides other topics mentioned above. This Encyclopaedia also deals with new and emerging areas like disaster education, mitigation and management besides appropriate technology for disaster relief and rehabilitation.

Special care has been taken to include areas starting from the very concept of disaster mitigation to management, computer programming, database management and communication during disasters, quantitative techniques, computational methods for remote sensing, molecular imaging and design, genetic and biotechnological manipulations resulting into many types of man made disasters.

Disaster Management has become a frontline applied science and is of vital importance to study new areas of natural as well as man made disasters like tsunami and el-nino. Comprehensive details have been provided with case studies on selected countries for transferring the technologies for disaster mitigation.

The principal aim of the disaster management programme envisaged in this Encyclopaedia is to ensure that India emerges as a key international player in the field of disaster management; enabling a greater access to wealth of information created during the third millennium and the twentyfirst century era and catalyse the country's attainment of lead position in the areas of mitigation measures for tackling disasters.

The salient feature of the Encyclopaedia of Disaster Management is that the methodology for risk assessment has been described in greater detail for enabling the policy makers, bureaucrats, technocrats and NGO activists to acquire an expert knowledge of assessing the loss due to natural as well as man made disasters and prescribing solutions and packages for relief and rehabilitation of the effected areas, states, countries and continents. 

Contents

Volume 1: Introduction to Disaster Management

Contemporary Natural and Man-made Disasters • Dimensions and Typology of Disasters • Policy Initiatives and Future Prospects • Risk Assessment and Disaster Management • Disaster Mitigation • Case Studies

Volume 2: Water Related Disasters and Hazards

Introduction • Flood Forecasting, Mitigation Planning and Management • Flood Hazards, Control and Management • Dams and Dambursts • Tsunami and El Niño • Water and Groundwater Hazards • Health and Marine Environment • Coastal and Marine Degradation • Marine Pollution • Techniques of Marine Pollution Control

Volume 3: Disastrous Effects of Global Warming

Greenhouse Effect and Global Climate • Global and Regional Perspective on Global Warming

Volume 4: Pollution Related Disasters

UNCLOS III • Air Pollution and Acid Rain • Ozone Depletion • Sea Level Rise

Volume 5: Land and Mass Movement Disasters

Land Degradation and Land Use • Groundwater Over-exploitation, Dryness and Wildfires • Mass-Movement Hazards • Droughts and Famines • Deserts and Desertification

Volume 6: Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Related Disasters

Biodiversity Extinction • Deforestation and Loss of Biological Diversity • Biotechnology and Genetic Manipulation • Biosafety and CBD

Volume 7: Technological and Industrial Disasters

Introduction • Case Studies • Mining Disasters • War, Chemicals and the Environment • International Responses and Action Plans

Volume 8: Capacity Building for Disaster Management

Techno-Financial Approaches to Risk Mitigation in Asia • Role of Insurance and Reinsurance in Managing Financial Risks Due to Natural Catastrophic Events • Capacity Building and Public Awareness • Some Capacity Building Initiatives in India on Earthquake Risk Reduction • Improving Preparedness and Reducing Vulnerability in Human Settlements • Assessment and Monitoring of Floods and Agricultural Drought using Remotely Sensed Data: Indian Scenario • Meteorological Training and Education: With Reference to Natural Disaster Mitigation and Management • Disaster Management for Flood Hazard in Bhandara District Using Remote Sensing and GIS • Natural Disaster Management through Thermal Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and GPS in Reference to Coal Mine Fire Hazards: A Case Study of Jharia, India • Tapping the Potential of Remote Sensing and GIS for Drought Monitoring • Risk Assessment of Natural Disasters, Mitigation and Management Strategies—A Study • Disaster Knowledge Network • Disaster Prevention by Regulating Engineering Profession—A Legislative Framework for India • Techno-Legal Strategies for Disaster Risk Mitigation • Seismic Performance Examination of RC Buildings as per Asian Concrete Model Code (ACMC-2001) • Generation of Historical Vulnerability Indices Using a DesInventar Database • Development of Information Systems and Networking for Disaster Management—An Overview • Adequacy of Existing Seismic Torsional Provisions: A Critical Review with Recommendations • Indian Policy, Legislation and Institutional Arrangements for Urban Risk Mitigation: An Argument for Right Based Approach • Important Elements of Disaster Management for Practitioners • Financing of Disaster Mitigation–Problems and Prospects • Disaster Knowledge Network: A Step towards Effective Natural Disaster Management • Educating Communities to Sustain Economic Health in the Face of Disasters • Socio-Economic Effects of Landslides and Floods with a Technical Perspective • Financing of Disaster Mitigation Management in Power Sector-NHPC Perspective • Scale Down Method for Disaster Management • Socio-Economic Dimensions of Natural Disasters in India: Suggested Strategies for Mitigations • Role of insurance and Reinsurance in Disaster Risk Management

Volume 9: Technical Solutions for Disaster Management

Engineers Role in Earthquake Disaster Reduction in India • Engineering for Mitigation of Landslide Disasters • Improved Model for Cyclone Damage Evaluation • An Overview of Flood Management in India • Case Studies on Seismic Retrofitting • Earthquake Disaster Prevention—An Overview • Microzonation Studies as Impacted by Recent Earthquakes in India • Influence of Modeling Uncertainties on Dynamic Response of RCC Buildings • Base Isolated Structures During Past Earthquakes • G.K. General Hospital, Bhuj, An Experiment in Seismic Base Isolation • Seismic Isolation of Bridges in Existing Practice • Rehabilitation of Seismically Affected Non-Engineered Buildings • Prediction of Coastal Earthquakes Using Surface Latent Heat Flux Retrieved from Satellite Data • Earthquake Resistant Construction Technology—An Innovative Concept of Shear Wall Structural System, Using Rat-Trap-Bond Brick Masonry • Assessment of Earthquake Disaster • Importance of Seismic Resistant Concrete Gravity Dam in Seismic Prone Area Like North East India • Estimation of Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings in Delhi • A Strategy for Cyclone Disaster Mitigation—Real Time Storm Surge Prediction • Flood: A Common Disaster in Bangladesh • Structural Damages Due To Cyclones and Their Retrofitting—A Case Study • Disaster Management During Super Cyclone in Remote Coastal Orissa • Mitigating Desertification in North-East Nigeria; How Far, So Far? • Integrated Water Management for Drought Mitigation • Role of Indian Navy in Orissa Super Cyclone of October 1999 • Occurrence and Mitigation of Flash Floods • Creation of a Centre of Excellence for Cyclone Disaster Mitigation • An Actual Experience of Disastrous FLoods in North India • Information Technology for Mitigation of Floods • Prediction in Ungauged Basins (PUB) as Disaster Mitigation Tool in the Himalayan River Basin • A New Approach to Avalanche Forecasting and Disaster Management for Western Himalaya • Devastating Events of Cloudburst Leading to Landslide Disaster and its Consequences in Garhwal Himalaya • Landslide Hazard in North East India: A Case Study • Natural Disaster Mitigation–An Integrated Approach for Forecasting of Landslides • Prediction Of Landslide Using An Intelligent Approach—A Case Study • Religious Heritage in the Himalayas, Mapping and Risk Assessment (E1) • Hydrological Analysis of Severe Rainstorms in North West India • Effective Management of Chemical Hazards Associated with Natural Disasters • Disaster Management and Land Slide Mitigation in Sikkim

Volume 10: Impact of Disasters on Development

Impact of Natural Disasters and Mitigation Efforts in Sri Lanka • Seismic Risk Reduction for Disaster Free Development in Nepal • Analysis of impact of Natural Disasters on Sustainable Development and a Proposal for New Development Paradigm • Overview for Inter-linking of Rivers Programme in India • Disaster Mitigation in India Planning, Skills and Training Needs • Cooperative Decision Making Models Using Multi-Agent System for Disaster Management • Emergency Planning for Natural Disasters • Strategy for Disaster Management in India along with A Case Study • The Water Sector and the Natural Disasters—Can Natural Disasters prevent Development? • Disaster Management with Special Reference to Earthquake Preparedness in Delhi • Emergency Response Services in Disaster Management • Preparedness and Action Plan in the Event of a Natural or Human-Caused Disaster in the Kingdom of Bahrain • Natural Disaster Mitigation: Action Plan to Minimize and Alleviate Effects • Harnessing Natural Energy to Eradicate Natural Disasters • National Disaster Quick Response Mechanism and Role of Mobile Hospital In Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Management • Disaster Management—Role of Defence Services • Disaster Management: An Emergency Action & Preparedness Plan For Chamera Hydroelectric Project Stage-III (231 MW), in Himachal Pradesh • Natural Disaster Management • Engineering Disaster Mitigation • A Normative Framework for Disaster Management • Facing The Disaster • Role of The Armed Forces • Disaster Management and Sustainable Development—Role of NGOs and Professional Societies • Institutional Coordination During Disasters • Role of NGOs—Rescue, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstructions • ABCD... Of Natural Disasters and its Effect on Intelligentsia • Role of HAM Radio Operators in Gujarat Earthquake • Capacity Building, Education and Public Awareness in Disaster Management • Common Natural Hazards vis-a-vis The Third World Context

Volume 11: Lessons From Major Disasters

Transforming Adversity into Opportunity: Experiences from the Gujarat Earthquake Reconstruction Programme • Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings • Challenges of Post-Super Cyclone Reconstruction in Orissa • Disaster Mitigation in Electricity Sector • Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Multi-storeyed Buildings • Seismic Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Precast Concrete Schoolrooms • Structural Safety Issues in Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Buildings • Arunachal Pradesh: A Geo-dynamic Quagmire Amplified by Human Disregard to Ecology A case study in Disaster Management • Seismic Hazard Assessment for Mitigating Earthquake Damage of California Bridges • Disasters and Their Management in Nepal • Programme for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER): An Initiative Towards Self-Sufficiency in Responding to Large-Scale Disasters in Asia • Reconstruction Programmes in EQ Effected Areas—Experiences in Latur and Bhuj • Prevention of Disaster Due to Open Fires in Underground Coal Mines—A Model Study • Disaster Management over Indian Railways Issues and Challenges • Flood Hazard Management in England and Wales: From Land Drainage to Flood Risk Management • Policies and Measures on Flood Mitigation in China Since 1998 • Seismic Risk in Bangladesh and its Management • Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Critical Facilities and Lifeline Infrastructure of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal • Management of Man Made Disasters—Face to Face with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy • Design patterns in Disaster Mitigation of Fire Hazards From Liquid Fuel Tank Farms • Collapse of Bridges Due to Flash Flood in Arunachal Pradesh • Role of Vehicle mounted Operation Theatre Complex and Wards in Disaster Management • Habitat, Earthquake and Reconstruction • The EMI Cluster Cities Project: Reducing Disasters in World’s Largest Cities through International Cooperation • Multi-Hazard Mapping for Planning Urban Centers in Mountainous Terrains • An Early Warning System for Improving Resiliency of Transport Systems in Urban Areas during Natural Disasters • Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Nepal • Emergency Dome Construction Housing System Based on Anhydrite Light Mortar • Human Settlements, Emergency Planning and Lifeline Structures in Disaster—Prone Areas—Specifically in Hydro Power Projects

Volume 12: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions
and Cyclonic Disasterstc "Volume 12\: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions
and Cyclonic Disasters"

Earthquake • Volcanism • Tropical Cyclones • Storms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Lightning and Frost Disasters

 

Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi, holds M.Tech., MBA, Ph.D., D.Sc. and LL.D. qualification in Engineering, Management and Human Rights. He has authored 30 Volume World  Encyclopaedia of Ecology and Environment, 10 Volume Paryavaran Vishwakosh, 10 Volume Encyclopaedia of International Environmental Laws, 45 Volume Module on Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Development, 20 Volume Series on Disaster Mitigation and Management, 50 Volume Encyclopaedia of Human Rights besides 300 Monographs on eco issues.

More than 3000 environmental projects have been completed under his leadership. He has successfully organised different types of training programmes in India, England, Italy, Spain, USA, Russia, Poland, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Mongolia, South Korea, The Netherlands, UK  and Tunisia.

Dr. Trivedi is pioneer in introducing the environmental education programme and clean-up campaign by involving more than 2 million school children in India. He has given the slogan 'Catch Them Young' for educating the children for the 21st century.

He has helped the Central and the State Governments in creation of environment friendly as well as sustainable jobs by introducing Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programmes in the areas of environment, pollution control, ecological education, environmental communication, environmental laws, disaster mitigation and management, sustainable development and human rights.

Dr. Trivedi has helped more than 35 universities in India and other countries enabling them to sign Memorandum of Understanding for designing programmes in new and emerging fields relating to green employment and green careers by creating and vocationalising the existing careers.

Between 1974 and 2006 he has successfully organised more than 300 national as well as international  congresses, conventions, seminars and workshops in collaboration with world renowned bodies for the protection of Mother Earth. He has been honoured by many national as well as global organisations for his outstanding contribution in the areas of formal as well as non formal environmental education, alternative, complementary and energetic medicine for his optimisation techniques with a view to bringing environmental sustainability.

Dr. Trivedi is keen to help the Central and the State Governments under the leadership of Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh for translating his programme of employment generation in to action. Dr. Trivedi wishes to create employment opportunities for each and every person in the country by tackling the two important problems - unemployment and pollution. The idea is to have more and more job givers rather than job seekers.

Dr. Trivedi can implement these programmes by proposing some changes in the existing educational policies by putting necessary inputs of mother earth protection strategies.