India Disasters Report Towards a Policy Initiative

by Parasuraman, S.; Unnikrishnan, P. V.

• ISBN13: 9780195650297
• ISBN10: 0195650298
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This report provides a complete and up-to-date picture of the disaster profile of the Indian subcontinent. Focusing primarily on India, it has detailed chapters on natural, man-made, and other disasters.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
Disaster Response in India: An Overview	3	(144)
Parasuraman S.
Unnikrishnan P. V.
A Global Profile	21	(4)
Peter Walker
Disasters in South Asia	25	(6)
Debarati Guha Sapir
II. Issues of Significance
Human Rights Issues	31	(6)
S. Muralidhar
Gender Issues	37	(5)
Tahmina Rehman
Media Reportage, Public Perceptions and Policies
Interview with Mark Tully	42	(4)
Health Issues	46	(3)
Unnikrishnan P. V.
Ekbal B.
Mira Shiva
Traditional Systems of Medicine	49	(2)
V. N. Pandey
Disability Issues	51	(3)
Ali Baquer
Psycho-social Consequences	54	(5)
R. Srinivasa Murthy
Environmental Disasters	59	(7)
Max Martin
Arsenic in Groundwater	66	(2)
Tushar Bhattacharya
Large Dams: Disasters of Gigantism	68	(6)
Himanshu Takkar
Ecological Issues	74	(3)
Amit Mitra
Cities of Chaos	77	(4)
Ian Davis
Urban Malplanning	81	(2)
Asmita Kabra
Displacement of the Urban Poor in Delhi	83	(2)
Vanitha Viswanathan
The Science of Disasters	85	(3)
Y. S. Gill
Disasters Mapping and Forecasting	88	(3)
Arun Kumar Singh
Amateur Radios: Right Frequencies	91	(2)
S. Suri
The Role of the Internet	93	(3)
C. N. N. Nair
Role of the Government: Responsibilities, and Performance	96	(6)
Bhagat Singh
Role of the Indian Armed Forces in Disaster Relief	102	(2)
R. Prasannan
Andhra Pradesh Government Policy on Disaster Management	104	(3)
M. Sahoo
Compensation and Insurance	107	(8)
Usha Ramanathan
Financing Disaster Response	115	(3)
H. N. Das
How the Parliament Debates Disaster Issues
Interviews with Members of Parliament	118	(6)
NGO-Government Collaboration	124	(2)
V. K. Sharma
Situation Reports to Resource Mobilisation	126	(1)
Prema Balasubramaniam
Responding with Faith	127	(3)
Titus George
A Profile of Agencies Involved in Disaster Response	130	(8)
Simon Lynch
Unnikrishnan P. V.
The Oxfam Experience in India	138	(1)
Tarun Sarwal
John Gwynn
The European Community Humanitarian Office in India	139	(2)
Jose Felix Merladet
Medecins Sans Frontieres in India	141	(1)
Rutger Verkerk
The SPHERE Project's Humanitarian Charter	142	(5)
Unnikrishnan P. V.
Tarun Sarwal
III. Natural Disasters
Floods: A Small Matter of History	147	(18)
Dunu Roy
Bihar: Breaches of Promises	155	(3)
D. K. Misra
The Experience in Gudari, Orissa	158	(2)
Tushar Bhattacharya
Uttar Pradesh: Seeds of the Future	160	(1)
Sanjay Awasthi
Lessons from Estern Uttar Pradesh	161	(3)
Kanjiv Lochan
Sanjay Awasthi
Landslides and Floods: An Update
IDR team	164	(1)
Droughts: Reaping Scarcity	165	(36)
Sohini Sengupta
Everybody Loves a Good Drought	173	(4)
P. Sainath
Heat and Cold Waves
IDR team	177	(2)
A Hundred Years of Droughts: An Update
IDR team	179	(2)
Cyclones: Trapped in a Spin Cycle
IDR team	181	(10)
Shelter during Disasters	191	(4)
Laurie Baker
Cyclone Mitigation Measures
Interview with A. V. S. Reddy	195	(3)
Tornados in the East Coast
IDR team	198	(1)
The 1999 Super Cyclone in Orissa	199	(2)
Ajay Kanchan
John Gwynn
Earthquakes: Reconfiguring Lives and Landscapes	201	(24)
Ravi Chopra
Community Participation in Latur	210	(4)
Prema Gopalan
Gender Issues in the Marathwada Earthquake	214	(3)
Jane Aubrey
Socio-Legal Intervention in Latur	217	(2)
S. Krishnadas
Maharashtra State Government Disaster Management Plan	219	(6)
Bhavna Padiyath
IV. Human Instigated Disasters
Communal Violence	225	(18)
Asghar Ali Engineer
Beyond Religion	231	(3)
Purushottam Agarwal
Communal Riots: Punishing the Guilty	234	(4)
Teesta Setalvad
Dalits and Caste Conflicts	238	(3)
Gopal Guru
Communal Forces in India	241	(2)
Dilip Simeon
Ethinic Conflicts in the North-East: Few Rights, Many Wronged	243	(14)
Sanjoy Hazarika
Peace Process in North-East: An Update	251	(2)
Deepak Diwan
Victims of Internal Colonisation	253	(4)
Sajal Nag
Refugees in India	257	(30)
Unnikrishnan P. V.
Max Martin
Strangers in a Strange Land
Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama	269	(2)
Refugee Law
Interview with Irene Khan	271	(2)
Refugees from Partition	273	(3)
Andrew Whitehead
Pawns in the `Development Game'	276	(4)
Walter Fernandes
East Pakistan Refugees: Borders of Hope	280	(2)
L. K. Baruah
Internal Displacement Due to Disaster and Conflicts	282	(5)
Unnikrishnan P. V.
Max Martin
V. Other Disasters
Epidemics: Disease as Disaters	287	(18)
C. M. Francis
Ravi Narayan
Ranjan R. Patil
C. Umesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases
IDR team	301	(2)
Band-Aid Relief?
Interview with Debabar Banerjee	303	(2)
Fire: Blazing Questions	305	(8)
S. K. Dheri
G. C. Mishra
Industrial Disasters: Working Towards Oblivion	313	(28)
Meenakshi Nath
Bhopal Gas Tragedy	334	(7)
Satinath Sarangi
Road Accidents	341	(3)
V. J. Thomas
Air Accidents	344	(2)
V. J. Thomas
Railway Accidents	346	(13)
Ranjit Mathur
Pilgrimage and Festival Related Disasters	352	(2)
Rajiv Theodore
The Business of Faith	354	(5)
Kajal Basu
IV. Country Papers
Nepal	359	(5)
Dipak Gyawali
Ajaya Dixit
Sri Lanka	364	(11)
Simon Harris
Bangladesh
Disaster Forum, Bangladesh	368	(7)
V. Conclusions
Towards a Disaster Preparedness and Response Policy	375	(6)
Parasuraman S.
Unnikrishnan P. V.
List of Contributors	381