Disaster science and management

by Bhattacharya, Tushar

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Title Statements

Full title :Disaster science and management / Tushar Bhattacharya.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Tata McGraw-Hill Education
Place of Publication:New Delhi
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 181 pages : : illustrations (some color), color maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781259007361, 1259007367
oclc:ocn812507407
LC Classification:D24
Dewey Decimal:904

A. Dedication -- B. Preface -- C. List of figures -- D. List of tables -- E. Auther's profile -- 1. Global disaster perspective -- Global natural risk specific profiles -- 2. The definition of disaster: its relationship with human development -- Definition -- Types of disasters -- Relationship between disaster and human development -- Disaster management cycle -- 3. Causes and effects of various types of disasters -- Water and climate related disasters -- Geosciences related disasters -- Industrial, nuclear and chemical disasters -- Accident-related disasters -- Biological disasters -- Disasters caused due to social, ethnic and religious conflicts -- 4. Engineering and technical aspects of disasters -- Disasters caused due to engineering and technical failure -- Earthquake engineering -- Coastal engineering -- Technology and disaster management -- Quantitative risk assessment -- Pollution control and monitoring -- 5. Environmental aspects of disasters -- Introduction -- A case study of arsenic contamination in west bengal -- Applied ecology, environmental chemistry -- toxicology -- geology -- remote sensing -- economics -- 6. Urban disasters -- Introduction -- Selected city specif…