Emergency management -- South Asia

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Disaster management in the complex Himalayan terrains: natural hazard management, methodologies and poli…

fromGeography of the physical environment

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South Asia, harboring the complex Himalayan terrains, has over one-fifth of the worlds population and is recognized as the most hazard-prone region of the world. The exponential increase in population with the consequent pressure on natural resources and continued high rates of …

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Development in coastal zones and disaster management

fromDisaster research and management series on the Global South

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In the last two decades, coastal regions have relatively endured some of the fiercest oceanic and geophysical disasters than the earlier decades. Yet, disaster management governance fails to match the human, nonhuman and environmental calamity which is unfolding in its most freq…