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Breaking the Notion of Disaster Phases
Disaster phases are not linear. They may overlap and even occur simultaneously. The complexities in disaster phases are attributed to the social, cultural, economic, political forces influencing the w...
B H Anil Kumar I Time gap between evaluation and dissemination of disaster prediction must be reduced
B H Anil Kumar, Executive Director, NIDM, speaks with G’nY on disaster management and explains how the related risks can be mitigated.
Rakesh Kumar I India, being a tropical country, has always been dusty; hence people have adapted differently
Rakesh Kumar, Director, CSIR- NEERI, Nagpur talks to G’nY about the impact of air pollution and the measures being taken to reduce its levels in Delhi.
Defining disasters a social sciences perspective
The definition of disaster has been continuously changing due to the vulnerabilities and risks attached to it. However, despite being defined as natural, disasters tend to have political, cultural, ec...
Disaster Management in India: Flood Hazard
Rapid urbanisation, combined with changing courses of river bodies are posing new challenges for flood management. The existing mechanisms for flood risk mitigation are inadequate for addressing the r...