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Author : Pramod Kumar Mishra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788183470001
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Kutch Earthquake--2001 written by Pramod Kumar Mishra and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. R. Reddy
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788176482523
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (825 download)
Download or read book The Pain and Horror written by L. R. Reddy and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of Gujarat earthquake of January 26, 2001.
Author : Asmita Tiwari
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331909405X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management written by Asmita Tiwari and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of disasters continue to increase? What can the governments do differently? What is the role of local communities? Where should aid agencies invest? This book looks into these critical questions and highlights how current capacity development efforts might be resulting in the opposite—capacity crisis or capability trap. The book provides a new approach for the understanding and the developing of effective local capacity to reduce and manage future disaster impacts.
Author : Dipendra Gautam
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128128097
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake written by Dipendra Gautam and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impacts and Insights of Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal offers a practical perspective on disaster risk management using lessons learned and considerations from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, which was the worst disaster to hit Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Using a holistic approach to examine seismicity, risk perception and intervention, the book serves as a detailed case study to improve disaster resilience globally, including social, technical, governmental and institutional risk perception, as well as scientific understanding of earthquake disasters. Covering the details of the Gorkha earthquake, including damage mapping and recovery tactics, the book offers valuable insights into ways forward for seismologists, earthquake researchers and engineers and policy-makers. Includes the latest status of seismic risk, risk perception, to-date interventions and historical scenarios in Nepal Examines details of Gorkha earthquake, including geo-seismicity, damage statistics, casualties, effect on cultural heritage, gender-risk mechanics, case studies of social institutions, urban-risk mechanics, rural-risk mechanics, resilience dimensions, social institutions in risk management, stories of resilience and failures and a critical review of efficacy of interventions in risk mitigation Offers future insights and ways forward in terms of risk reduction studies, socio-cultural dimensions of risk management, scientific intervention and policy making, implementation of existing frameworks and endorsement of resilient practices for Nepal Includes damage mapping in all affected areas
Author : John M. Eidinger
Publisher : ASCE Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780784475065
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Gujarat (Kutch), India, M7.7 Earthquake of January 26, 2001, and Napa M5.2 Earthquake of September 3, 2000 written by John M. Eidinger and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the Earthquake Investigation Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE. This TCLEE Monograph describes the performance of lifelines in two earthquakes: the Gujarat earthquake of January 26, 2001, and the Napa earthquake of September 3, 2000. The Gujarat earthquake severely struck the Kutch District of the Gujarat State, India, and resulted in about 17,000 fatalities, 150,000 injuries, and left more than 500,000 homeless. The most heavily damaged lifelines were water and electric power. Other lifelines were substantially affected included communications, wastewater, ports, railways, highways, roads, and bridges. The Napa Earthquake was a moderate-sized earthquake in California. Recorded peak ground accelerations were as high as 0.49g, with a recorded peak ground velocity of 15 inches per second. This report presents the findings for the following lifelines: water, telephone, highways, railroads, ports, hospitals, airports, fire department response, radio communications, highway bridges, electric, and natural gas.
Author : B. V. Venkatarama Reddy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811358834
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Earthen Dwellings and Structures written by B. V. Venkatarama Reddy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents selected papers presented during the International Symposium on Earthen Structures held in IISc Bangalore. The papers in this volume cover the theme of earthen structures, with technical content on materials and methods, structural design and seismic performance, durability, seismic response, climatic response, hygrothermal performance and durability, design and codes, architecture, heritage and conservation, and technology dissemination. This book will be of use to professionals, academics, and students in architecture and engineering.
Author : Abhas K. Jha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821382683
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Safer Homes, Stronger Communities written by Abhas K. Jha and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is designed to guide public sector managers and development practitioners through the process of large-scale housing reconstruction after major disasters, based on the experiences of recent reconstruction programs in Aceh (Indonesia), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Gujarat (India) and Bam (Iran).
Author : Seth Stein
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813724252
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Continental Intraplate Earthquakes written by Seth Stein and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume brings together a sampling of research addressing issues of continental intraplate earthquakes, including a core of papers from special sessions held at the spring 2004 Joint Assembly of the American and Canadian Geophysical Unions in Montreal. Papers address the broad related topics of the science, hazard, and policy issues of large continental intraplate earthquakes in a worldwide context. One group of papers addresses aspects of the primary scientific issue--where are these earthquakes and what causes them? Answering this question is crucial to determining whether they will continue there or migrate elsewhere. A second group of papers addresses the challenge of assessing the hazard posed by intraplate earthquakes. Although it may be a very long time before the scientific issues are resolved, the progress being made is helping attempts to estimate the probability, size, and shaking of future earthquakes, and the uncertainty of the results. A third group of papers explores the question of how society should mitigate the possible effects of future large continental intraplate earthquakes. Communities around the world face the challenge of deciding how to address this rare, but real, hazard, given the wide range of other societal needs. Continental intraplate earthquakes will remain a challenge to seismologists, earthquake engineers, policy makers, and the public for years to come, but significant progress toward understanding and addressing this challenge is now being made."--Publisher's website.
Author : Robyn Davidson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 148046404X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Desert Places written by Robyn Davidson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Tracks: A travel writer’s memoir of her year with the nomadic Rabari tribe on the border between Pakistan and India. India’s Thar Desert has been the home of the Rabari herders for thousands of years. In 1990, Australian Robyn Davidson, “as natural a travel writer as she is an adventurer,” spent a year with the Rabari, whose livelihood is increasingly endangered by India’s rapid development (The New Yorker). Enduring the daily hardships of life in the desert while immersed in the austere beauty of the arid landscape, Davidson subsisted on a diet of goat milk, roti, and parasite-infested water. She collided with India’s rigid caste system and cultural idiosyncrasies, confronted extreme sleep deprivation, and fought feelings of alienation amid the nation’s isolated rural peoples—finding both intense suffering and a renewed sense of beauty and belonging among the Rabari family. Rich with detail and honest in its depictions of cultural differences, Desert Places is an unforgettable story of fortitude in the face of struggle and an ode to the rapidly disappearing way of life of the herders of northwestern India. “Davidson will both disturb and exhilarate readers with the acuity of her observations, the sting of her wit, and the candor of her emotions” (Booklist).
Author : C. P. Rajendran
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811647488
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Earthquakes of the Indian Subcontinent written by C. P. Rajendran and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights some of the interesting recent and historical earthquakes (1803 Uttarkashi, 1819 Kutch, 1897 Shillong, 1905 Kangra, 1934 Nepal-Bihar, 1950 Upper Assam, 1967 Koyna, 1993 Killari, 1997 Jabalpur, 2001 Bhuj, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman, 2005 Kashmir, and 2015 Nepal) that occurred in India and in the vicinity. The tectonic and geodynamic significance of the modern (after the advent of global network) earthquakes in relation to some of the historical earthquakes like the 1819 Kachchh and 1897 Shillong and 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquakes in the light of newer understanding is discussed. It also contains detailed expositions of seismotectonics and mechanisms of each earthquake. It concludes with touching upon future earthquake hazard scenario in India in view of the present and past earthquakes.
Author : Donald L. Turcotte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521567336
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics written by Donald L. Turcotte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-13 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental concepts of fractal geometry and chaotic dynamics, along with the related concepts of multifractals, self-similar time series, wavelets, and self-organized criticality, are introduced in this book, for a broad range of readers interested in complex natural phenomena. Now in a greatly expanded, second edition, this book relates fractals and chaos to a variety of geological and geophysical applications. All concepts are introduced at the lowest possible level of mathematics consistent with their understanding, so that the reader requires only a background in basic physics and mathematics.
Author : Dr. Vijay Kumar
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365979148
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (659 download)
Download or read book AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN JALGAON DISTRICT (PERIOD 2001-2011) written by Dr. Vijay Kumar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. About 60%% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8%% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68%% of the area is susceptible to drought. The loss in terms of private, community and public assets has been astronomical.
Author : Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319772767
Total Pages : 873 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of International Conference on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management written by Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The natural disasters are the killer agents which can/can't be predicted even though we have modern technology. Every year, in one place or another, disasters striking which is devastating the area and surroundings, leading to ecological disruption besides huge loss of life and property. India is vulnerable to cyclones, landslides/avalanches, earthquakes, floods, droughts, forest fires, epidemics, etc. The 5700-km long coast of India, with its dense population is vulnerable to cyclones/low depressions, tsunamis, etc. The 2400-km long rugged Himalayan terrain is vulnerable to landslides, avalanches and earthquakes. India is not only vulnerable to natural disasters, it is also experiencing industrial accidents. The Bhopal Gas tragedy is one of the major man-made disasters in the world. The state of Andhra Pradesh has 970-km long coastline with two major rivers, etc. The conference is conducted in Visakhapatnam, is famous for industries and tourism. Recently, several industrial accidents took place, besides major natural disasters like Hud-Hud, etc. Disaster management shall be implemented from the grass root level in vulnerable areas to improve the capacity building, so as to minimize the losses. The capacity building coupled with technology results in reduction of loss of life and property.
Author : M.K. Jha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048124980
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters written by M.K. Jha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmental security. Owing to enhanced natural/anthropogenic disasters worldwide, these challenges become much more complicated and daunting especially for developing countries. Therefore, it is important to highlight the risk of different disasters as well as the modern tools and techniques for minimizing disaster incidence and losses. Disaster management being highly multidisciplinary in nature, a comprehensive book dealing with different aspects of disaster management, and encompassing important disasters faced by humankind is presently not available. This book is an attempt to fulfill this gap. It provides clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about different facets of disaster management along with salient case studies. The book highlights the current status of disaster management focusing on developing nations, discusses vital issues such as climate change and sustainable development, modern approaches and tools/techniques, and the challenges of and future R&D needs for sustainable disaster management.
Author : Sanjib K. Biswas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030874702
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Field Guide Book of Geology of Kutch (Kachchh) Basin, Gujarat, India written by Sanjib K. Biswas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a detailed introduction to the geology, structure, and stratigraphy of Kutch Basin, known for its rich fossilized megafauna and the wide range of condensed sections exposing Bathonian to Pleistocene. With its vast assortment of geological features, geomorphology, and geoheritage, the Kutch Basin shows geology, stratigraphy, and paleontology almost as a textbook. Besides the beautiful illustrations given in the book, in the form of good field photographs depicting the landscape, and geological and geomorphological features, this guidebook serves as an inspiring reading reference. Furthermore, this guidebook will be a handy reference book for the tourists visiting Kutch Basin in planning their visit to explore the beautiful Kutch region. The guidebook is intended to interest scientists, researchers, students from schools and universities, tourists, and geoscience professionals of the mining and oil industry working in Kutch.
Author : Ioannis Vayas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030907880
Total Pages : 1483 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Protection of Historical Constructions written by Ioannis Vayas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 1483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions (PROHITECH), held in Athens, Greece, on October 25-27, 2021. The conference topics encompass structural and earthquake engineering, intervention strategies, materials and technologies, digital documentation, architecture and urban planning, cultural heritage, all of which represented by a showcase of case studies covering different construction materials, as well as sustainability, energy efficiency, and adaptation to climate changes. As such the book represents an invaluable, up-to-the-minute tool, providing an essential overview of protection of historical constructions, and offers an important platform to researchers, engineers and architects.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Gujarat Earthquake, 26th January 2001 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Documents The Devastating Gujarat Earthquake Of 26 January 2001. Contents Cover: Earthquakes-The Broader Perspective - Devastated Gujarat - The Response - Macro-Level Gujarat Profile - Sectoral Issues-Damage Assessment And Rehabilitation/Reconstruction Programme - Rehabilitation Effort District Kutch (End Noveber, 2001) - Overview Of Rehabilitation Effort In The State - Salient Features And The Lessons Learnt. 10 Annexures - 11 Maps - Number Of Colour Illustration. Condition As Good As New.
