Beschreibung
This book discusses the interconnected, complex and emerging risks in today's societies and deliberates on the various aspects of disaster risk reduction strategies especially through community resilience and responses. It consists of selected papers presented at the World Congress on Disaster Management, which focused on community resilience and responses towards disaster risk reduction based on South Asian experiences, and closely examines the coordinated research activities involving all stakeholders, especially the communities at risk. Further, it narrates the experiences of disaster risk-reduction in different communities that have policy implications for mitigation of future disaster risks in the societies affected by these types of disasters. Written from the social science perspective to disasters rather than an engineering approach, the book helps development and governance institutions to prioritize disasters as a problem of development rather than being parallel to it.
Autorenporträt
Bupinder Zutshi is Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development and Registrar, Director Admissions and Controller of Examinations with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has more than 37 years of teaching and research experience at post-graduate and research level. Has published 7 books, completed more than dozen research projects and written several research articles (more than 35) in several research journals of repute, published from India and abroad. Has organized and also participated/ presented research papers in several national and international seminars and conferences. His major research interest is issues related to human settlements and their changing habitat. He also works on issues related to demographic changes and their consequences on population composition and population characteristics. He has written books on consequences of Bt Cotton cultivation (Bt Cotton cultivation in India: Illusions of Success, Wisdom Publication, 2012), food security among marginalized communities, status of elementary and higher education (Status of Elementary Education in India, Pentagon Press, 2012), child labour situation (Globalisation, Development and Child Rights, co-edited with Kailash Satyarthi, Shipra Publications, New Delhi, 2006; In The Name of Child Labour: Eradication and Evaluation Programme, co-Ed, Shipra Publication, New Delhi, 2002; Child Labour: Rehabilitation In India, BPR Publishers, 2003 ), disability population - their status and need assessments. He has completed several research projects sponsored by national and international organizations, on topics such as Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Belief and Practices (KABBP) of electorates in Uttar Pradesh, migration and human trafficking, child education, child labour, non-formal education, gender studies and disability studies. Many of his research projects have been sponsored by UN Women (UNIFEM), UNESCO (New Delhi), International Bureau of Education (IBE, Geneva), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva), Ford Foundation (New Delhi), International Labour Organization (New Delhi), the Policy Science Centre, Inc.USA (supported by the Learning and Research Program on Culture and Poverty of the World Bank), US AID, Global March Against Child Labour, National Human Rights Commission of India, Election Commission of India and Indian Council for Social Science and Research. Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is the Director and Professor Bircham International University, Spain and Vice Chancellor, Darul Ihsan University, Bangladesh and Chairman of Bangladesh's leading civil society think tank, Policy Research Centre.bd.(PRC.bd). At present he is involved as the Chairman, Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institute of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG) earlier headquartered at the Jawharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, now transferred to Colombo. He is also the Editor-in-Chief, Finance World Ltd. a weekly tabloid and Chairman, Royal Resort the only heritage resort in Bangladesh that manages the famous heritage palaces and mosque of the Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, the co-founder of the Dhaka University. He is the General Body Member of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). He is a reputed educationist and financial expert. He is a commerce graduate from the Dhaka University and obtained his MBA in Banking from the Edward University, USA and PhD in Banking & Finance from the Bircham International University, Spain. He is an outstanding scholar, management specialist with exposure in management of educational institutions of higher learning, financial institutions, banks and civil society think tank. Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad is widely traveled and attended national, regional and international conferences, seminars and presented papers on disaster management, disa
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