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Predicting weather-related disasters - Towards accuracy
M Mohapatra, Director General, India Meteorological Department (IMD), talks to G’nY about successes in monitoring and prediction as also the associated challenges of climate related extreme events.
Ecosystem Based Approaches-Disaster Proofing Indias Urban Sprawls
India is undergoing rapid urban expansion. With increasing population, rapid development and infrastructure growth, urban sprawls are the new hotspots of disaster. The article focuses on the Tier II c...
The 2018 Kerala Flood: Best Practices And Lessons Learnt
It is imperative to reconnoiter the potential best practices, lessons learned and way forward from the Kerala 2018 floods, which include community response to disaster risk reduction and institutional...
Disaster Risk Reduction through Humanitarian Supply Chain Development
In a disaster prone country like India, it is important to work with multi-pronged strategy to reduce the risk of disasters. Proper supply chain management for disasters, which is known as humanitaria...
Flood Risk Reduction and Resilience
About 12 per cent of India's land is prone to floods. High intensity short duration rainfall; inadequate reservoir regulation; reduced channel carrying capacity; and, failure of flood management struc...
Flood Resilience Capacity of Coastal Ecosystem: Violation of CRZ Notification
Coastal zones are facing multiple anthropogenic challenges, including the encroachment of water bodies, which hamper their flood resilience capacity. The recent floods in the coastal cities of Mumbai,...