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This book includes selected papers presented at the international expert forum on "Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education," held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1-2 December 2017. The journey towards disaster risk reduction and resilience requires the participation of a wide array of stakeholders ranging from academics to policymakers, to disaster managers. Given the multifaceted and interdependent nature of disasters, disaster risk reduction and resilience require a multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and evidence-based techniques from the natural, social, engineering, and other relevant sciences.
Traditionally, hazard and disaster-related studies have been dominated by the engineering and social science fields. In this regard, the main purpose of this book is to capture the multidisciplinary and multisectoral nature of disaster risk reduction, and to gather existing data, research, conceptual work, and practical cases regarding risk reduction and its ties to sustainable development under a single "umbrella." Along with the sustainability aspect, the book also links disaster risk reduction with development, technology, governance, education, and climate change, and includes discussions on challenges, solutions, and best practices in the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction.

An Interdisciplinary Approach for Disaster Resilience and Sustainability

Chapter 1: Regional Perspectives on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development

Indrajit Pal, Jason Von Meding, Chutinan Klinmalai

 

Chapter 2: Earthquake Risk Assessment in Momase Region of Papua New Guinea using GIS

Tingneyuc Sekac, Sujoy Kumar Jana, Indrajit Pal and Dilip Kumar Pal

 

Chapter 3: Spatio-Temporal Variability of Landslides in the Sikkim Himalaya, India

Singh, A, Ranjan, R.  and Tewari, V.

 

Chapter 4: Geo Spatial Approach for likelihood damage assessment of buildings due to seismic hazard in urbanized areas

Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy, Saravana Ganesh Manoharan

 

Chapter 5: Perspective of Science and Technology in Disaster Management and Mitigation

Jogeswari Rout and Kapileswar Mishra

 

Chapter 6: Application of remote sensing & GIS in flood vulnerability assessment - A case study of Lower Ajay Basin, India

Kartick Chandra Mondal, Sutapa Saha, Pritam Aitch, Gupinath Bhandari

 

Chapter 7: Stable Isotopes and Groundwater Dynamics of the Shallow Ping River Alluvial System in Kamphaeng Phet Riverbank Filtration (RBF) Prospecting Site, Upper Central Thailand

Nitipon Noipow, Kiattipong Kamdee, Supalak  Kongsri, Wutthikrai Kunsawat, Chakrit Saengkorakot, Chunyapuk  Kukusamude, Patchariya Chanruang, Ocpasorn  Occarach, Arpakorn Wongsit, Vanachawan  Hunyek and Wattanapong Montree

 

Chapter 8: Risk identification, Assessment and Management of a Building Information Modelling (BIM) implemented project

Raju Sarkar, Karan Narang, Prajya Sharma, Indrajit Pal

 

Chapter 9: Identification of arsenic hazard locations and impact on children - A case study on Baruipur Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Paramita Chaudhuri, Pritam Aitch, Amit Dutta

 

Chapter 10: Effect of Changing Vegetation coverage and Metereological Parameters on the Hazard Characteristics of Indian Sundarban Region and its Impact

Papia Guha, Pritam Aitch and Gupinath Bhandari

 

Chapter 11: The study of the Impact of Wastewater from Outfall in River Ganga, West Bengal on the Growth and Morphological Parameters of Spinacia Oleracea

Sayanti Kar, Indrajit Ghosh, Amitava Ghosh, Pritam Aitch, Gupinath Bhandari

 

Chapter 12: Modeling of Flood Susceptibility and Risk Assessment based on GIS and Analytical hierarchy Process-A Aase Study of Adayar River Basin, Tamilnadu, India

S. Saravanan and S. Sivaranjani

 

Chapter 13: Hydrological Modeling of Om Chhu (River) Basin of Phuentsholing, Bhutan Using SCS-CN Method

Leki Dorji, Raju Sarkar, Arun Gurung, Ugyen Lhachey, Vasker Sharma, Tshewang and Ritesh Kurar

 

Chapter 14: Sustainability, Development and Disaster Risk in Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Western Nepal

Chandra Bhaka Bista

Chapter 15: Sustainable Development through Disaster Risk Management in India: A Case Study of Chandigarh

Rajiv Gupta and Namita Gupta

 

Chapter 16: Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment:  Nepal's Earthquake Reconstruction & Sustainable Development Approach Addressing Environment and Disaster Risk

Purna Chandra Lal Rajbhandari and Karen Sudmeier

 

Chapter 17: Disaster resilient and sustainable development in Nepal (issues, challenges, opportunities, an experience of sharing of Himalayan country, Nepal)

Charles Pradhan

 

Chapter 18: Sustainable Development Through Public Private Partnership: An Approach to Eco-Tourism Hedging Risk to Disaster with Resilience

Biswajit Das, Bhubaneswari Bisoyi, Mangalika Mohapatra

 

Chapter 19: Forest and disaster management: a view on North-East India

Th. Priyaluxmi Devi

 

Chapter 20: Exploring the link between the role of power and procurement and supply chain management systems performance: A case study of International Non-Governmental Organization

Nidam Siawsh, Konrad Peszynski, Leslie Young and Huan Vo-Tran

 

Chapter 21: Manipulating Food Preferences for Promoting Sustainability and Reducing Disaster Risk

Monika Vyas, Mukul Shrestha

 

Chapter 22: Socioeconomic vulnerability assessment: A Case Study of Flood Prone Urban Communities of Pakistan

Irfan Ahmad Rana

 

Chapter 23: Risk Governance and Informal Sector in Disaster Recovery: Case of 2015 Nepal Earthquake 

Ranit Chatterjee and Kenji Okazaki

 

Chapter 24: Cottage and Small Industries in Kathmandu District in the Aftermath of Nepal Earthquake: Preparedness and Lessons Learned

Asmita Khadka and Indrajit Pal