1st Edition
Fifth World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume IV Proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Management, November 24-27, 2021, New Delhi, India
World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers, practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgement
Part 1: Building Resilience of Communities to Disasters
1. Indigenous Knowledge and Practices of the Small Ethnic Communities of Asia-Pacific Island Countries in Facing Hydro-meteorological Hazards
Mahfuzul Haque
2. An Inquiry in to Critical Factors of Community Resilience of Tribal Community: A Case of Kerala
Geetha A. and Shyni Anil Kumar
3. Where the Underprivileged Achieve Disaster Resilience: The Dawn of a Self-Sufficient Neighborhood
Monisha Makena and Shriya Sahu
4. Poverty and Disaster Risk Reduction Link for Sustainable Development "A Case Study of Union Councils of District Swabi"
Ahmed Faraz Khan
5. Life with Jiadhal: A Study of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Disaster Resilience
Annekha Chetia
6. Redesigning the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Approach in India with Addition of Risk Perception from the Communities
Bhola Saha, D. Saran Prakash, Tanmay Gound and Repaul Kanji
7. Strengthening Indigenous Capacity for Building Resilience: A Case Study of Community Grain Banks in Palamu, Jharkhand
Akanksha Pandey
8. Indigenous Capacity for Disaster Resilience of the Flood Affected People in Bangladesh
Md. Anwar Hossain
9. Family Preparedness for Disaster Risk Reduction by Engaging Local Governance and Communities in Bihar (India)
Geetanjali Kumari, Vivek Kumar Singh, Amritanjali and Amrita Dhiman
10. Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sendai Framework: What Does it Mean for Bihar Disaster Resilience Practitioners?
Sunil Kumar Chaudhary
Part 2: Developing Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters
11. Kautilya’s Antecedents, Contemporary Disaster Resilience: Relevance of Today’s Strengths and Limitations
Prof. Priti Diliprao Pohekar
12. Avhan: Maharashtra Chancellors Brigade: NSS: State Level Training Camp on Disaster Preparedness
Shrikrishna Digambar Tupare
13. Can Disaster Management Capabilities be enhanced through a Well Developed and Structured Training Embedded Capacity Building Strategy?
Prayaga M. A.
14. Hopeful Tomorrow
Jaypal Patil
15. A Study of Community Vulnerability and Capacity in the Context of Climate Change in Majuli, Assam
Josephine Nongmaithem
16. Basic Education on Disaster Management for Saving Lives
Bhasker Gupta
17. Capacity Development for Pri on Disaster Management in the Flood Affected Districts in Bihar
Ashok Kumar Sahay and R. B. Singh
18. Building Resilience Through Disaster Management Perspectives in Higher Education
Leena Mahesh Gadkari, Swati Desai and Pankaj Natu
Part 3: Disaster Preparedness for Response
19. Military Response to Natural Disasters: The Resilience of Affected Nations
Chad A. Long
20. A Review of Response to COVID 19—IRS as Management Tool
V. N. Supanekar
21. Evacuation of the Transient Population: Review of the Behavioral Aspects and Challenges
Suvam Banerjee, Indrajit Ghosh and Rajat Rastogi
22. Ham Club Station within District EOCs to Reduce Disaster Mortality
Kailash Gupta
23. Assessing the Capacity of Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) for Disaster Response: A Case of Kozhikode District, Kerala
Shyni Anilkumar
24. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Institutional Mechanism of Police Force in Akola District
Shubham M. Daberao
25. Safety Up-gradation in Indian Nuclear Power Plants; Education and Preparedness on Disaster Management for First Respondents to Ensure Safety of Plant Personnel and Public
R. Sureshkumar, N. N. Pisharody and K. K. De
26. Fire as a Disaster: Review of VariousPrevention, Protection and Management Techniques
Sanjeev Kumar Joshi and Amit Kumar Saini
27. Evolution of Disaster Management in Indian Railways
Bhupinder Singla and Samarth Singh
28. Disaster Communication—Role of Civil Society in Preparedness
Harsha Bhargavi Pandiri
29. Emergence of Grey Water, Past Present and Future: An Overview
Sonam Saroha
Part 4: Resilient Energy and Infrastructure
30. Seismic Response Evaluation of Electrical Equipment—An Approach for Resilient Power System
R. Panneer Selvam and Yamini Gupta
31. Climate Change Induced Disaster and Resilient Infrastructure In Coastal Area
Nur E Alam Md Jobayer Sarwar
32. A Noble Ultra Low Cost Vibration Detection and Warning System to Avoid Railway Accidents
Sanjoy Deb, Saravana Kumar R. and Ramkumar R
33. Latest Innovations in Optimizing Renewable Energy Systems Infrastructure Efficiency
Ashok G. Matani
34. Resilient Infrastructure: A Paradigm Shift to Safe Structures
Ramrakhiyani Juhi
35. Business Continuity Planning for Rail Infrastructure in India under Multi-hazard Risk Analysis
Dheeraj Joshi
36. Safe and Reliable Railway Operations Through Assessment and Mitigation of Wheel-Slip Risks in Railways
Shikha Saini
37. Assessing the Role of Infrastructure Resilience within Community Resilience in Disaster Management
Vidya M. P. and Shyni Anilkumar
38. An Innovative Approach to Cost Effective Design of Earthquake-Resistant Bridges and Roads
Sunil Kumar Chaudhary
39. Role of Dynamics in Seismic Resilience of Built Structures in India
B. M. Raisinghani, T. H. Bhoraniya, A. Kumar, A. Jaiswal and S. G. Shah
40. Earthquake Risk Reduction: Effective Recovery for Building Sustainable Community Resilience
Tanushree Verma
Part 5: Resilience of Built up Environment
41. Assessing Building Vulnerability of Indian Cities in Earthquake Zone V
Tanushri Kamble and Sarika Bahadure
42. Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Tehri-Koteshwar Road in the Lesser Himalayas, India
Koushik Pandit, Mahendra Singh and Jagdish Prasad Sahoo
43. ‘Blue Economy’ vs ‘Coastal Human Settlements and Their Houses’—A Framework to Identify Similar Construction Methods and Materials
K. Sasikala, P. Harikrishna, S. Thamarai Selvi and N. Lakshmanan
44. Evolution of Humanitarian Shelter Aid Design and Quarantine Housing in COVID 19 Pandemic
Kankana Narayan Dev and Amarendra Kumar Das
45. Buildings in Severe Earthquake Zones Made of Structural Steel Hollow and Plate Members
Arup Saha Chaudhuri and Avijit Ghosh
46. P-Delta Effects on SCWB & WCSB Steel Frames Subject To Seismic Loading
Arup Saha Chaudhuri, Ritu parna Chatterjee, Tan moy Banerjee and Uttarayan Chakrabarty
47. Importance of Risk Allocation for Insuring Large Infrastructure Projects: A Legal Perspective
Bhavya Bose, Abhay Dev Sharma and Kartik Baijal
Part 6: Managing Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in Disasters
48. Reducing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Through Nostalgia Inducing Music: Exploring the Role of Resilience
Sahiba Sharma and Gyan Prakash
49. Managing Post-traumatic Stress Disorders in Disasters: University Students
Priyanka Verma and Sheela Misra
50. Post-traumatic Reactions of Adolescents in a Conflict Region: Findings from an Ethnographic Study on Mental Health in Jammu and Kashmir
Urfat Anjem Mir, Kokila Khanna and Anushka Singh
51. The Impact of Natural Disaster on the Mental Health of Rescue Workers
V. Vithya, Neethu P. S. and Amala Sudarsan
52. Effectiveness of Training Workshop for Health and Mental Health Professionals on Psychosocial Care in Disaster Management
Anil Hemanna Doddamani, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa and Sekar Kasi
53. Samaashraya: An Innovative Mental Health Clinic for Trauma Survivors
Dinakaran Damodharan, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar and Kasi Sekar
54. Training Workshop for Health and Mental Health Professionals on Psychosocial Care in Disaster Management with a Relief Centric to Disaster Risk Reduction Approach
Yasir Arafath, Anil Hemanna Doddamani, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Jayakumar C., Tansa K. A. and Sekar Kasi
55. Networking and Knowledge Management for Capacity Building in CESC, a Power Utility in Kolkata
Asoke Chakraborty
56. Role of Higher Education in Disaster Preparedness and Management in India
Nuzhat Parveen Khan and Ashish Saraswat
Biography
S. Anand Babu is President of DMICS and Convenor of WCDM
