Environment Disaster Linkages

by Shaw, Rajib; Phong, Tran

• ISBN13: 9780857248657
• ISBN10: 0857248650
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-26
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd

Summary

Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present in the links between the environment and the hazards. This is the first book to focus on explicit linkages between the changing environment and disasters and suggests better approaches towards disaster management. A ready-reference for field practitioners it combines academic research and field practices and covers areas such as: elements of environmental entry (water-related disasters, desertification and land degradation, typhoon risk management, catastrophic flood and forest management, and coastal issues); impacts of environment and disaster (livelihoods impacts, human health: post-disaster waste management); and strategies, planning and the way forward (climate change adaptation as a planning tool, urban planning and land use planning, mangrove management as a coastal planning tool, and environment disaster education and risk communication).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Editors	p. xi
Brief Introduction to the Series	p. xiii
Brief Introduction to the Volume	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Overview
Environment Disaster Linkages: An Overview	p. 3
Elements of Environmental Entry Water
Water, Communities, and Disasters: Interlinkages	p. 17
Air
Typhoon and Tornado Risk Management	p. 35
Land
Proactive Management of Drought and its Derived Disasters in Mongolia	p. 61
Forest
Catastrophic Flood and Forest Management in Vietnam	p. 79
Coast
Coast and Communities: The Linkages	p. 101
Urban
Urban Climate Resilience as a Planning Tool in Vietnam	p. 113
Impacts of Environment and Disaster
Livelihoods
Linking Livelihoods and Ecosystems for Enhanced Disaster Management	p. 131
Employment
Interrelationship of Disaster and Employment from the Perspective of Urban-Rural Linkages in India	p. 145
Health
Impacts of Salinity, Arsenic, and Drought in Southwestern Bangladesh	p. 165
Waste
Disaster Waste Management: An Overview	p. 195
Strategies, Planning and a Way Forward
Land Use
Urban and Land-Use Planning for Disaster Resilience	p. 221
Ecosystem
Values of the Mangrove Ecosystem of Gujarat, India and its Socioeconomic Implications	p. 239
Eco-Villages
Can Eco-Villages be a "Build Back Better" Strategy after Tsunami Disasters?	p. 257
Education
Climate Change Issues in Education Sectors: An Environmental Entry Point of Risk Reduction	p. 285
Technology
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Water and Climate Change: Asian Priorities	p. 317
Way Forward
Environment Disaster Linkages: a Way Forward	p. 339
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