Vulnerable India : a geographical study of disasters / Anu Kapur.

By:

Kapur, Anu

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study ; Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.Description: xxi, 269 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9788132100775 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Natural disasters -- India

DDC classification:

363.340954 KAP 23 000637

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Contents:

Machine derived contents note: Part One: Fact India's Disasterscape Disasterscape Ascribed to the Naturals Part Two: Response Traditional: Absorb and Appeal Colonial: The Idea of 'Natural' Disaster Post Independence (1947-1990): Apathy and Blame Globalisation1990 Onwards: Recognition not Realisation Part Three: Reality Vulnerable India A Disaster Divide.

Summary: This book de-myths the oft repeated claim of natural disaster and puts forward socio-economic factors as the cause for the recurrence of disasters. With this framework, the author examines the popular notion of the Vulnerable India in psycho-geographical terms and unmasks the dimensions of vulnerability itself. In doing so the author foregrounds the factors that create and perpetuate vulnerability of the marginalized sections of the society and of the nation and redefines the phrase Vulnerable India. Presenting a national level inquiry, the three sections of the book called the Fact, Response, and Reality, spell a convincing argument for why disasters recur in India. To provide a historical understanding of India’s continued failure to adequately contain damage to life and property, the book unravels the perceptions of disasters in traditional, colonial and modern India. It redefines the debate on new terms such as disasters cape, the killed, disaster index, disaster divide and vulnerability cluster, to better represent the patterns that engender vulnerability. With the aid of exhaustive research, comparative statistical analyses and illustrative maps, it provides incisive insight into 16 different geophysical across 594 districts of the country. This book is ideal for students of geography, environmental sociology, development studies, social work and disaster management, and also for policy makers.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	363.340954 KAP 000637 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000637

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and index.

Machine derived contents note: Part One: Fact
India's Disasterscape
Disasterscape Ascribed to the Naturals
Part Two: Response
Traditional: Absorb and Appeal
Colonial: The Idea of 'Natural' Disaster
Post Independence (1947-1990): Apathy and Blame
Globalisation1990 Onwards: Recognition not Realisation
Part Three: Reality
Vulnerable India
A Disaster Divide.

This book de-myths the oft repeated claim of natural disaster and puts forward socio-economic factors as the cause for the recurrence of disasters. With this framework, the author examines the popular notion of the Vulnerable India in psycho-geographical terms and unmasks the dimensions of vulnerability itself. In doing so the author foregrounds the factors that create and perpetuate vulnerability of the marginalized sections of the society and of the nation and redefines the phrase Vulnerable India. Presenting a national level inquiry, the three sections of the book called the Fact, Response, and Reality, spell a convincing argument for why disasters recur in India.
To provide a historical understanding of India’s continued failure to adequately contain damage to life and property, the book unravels the perceptions of disasters in traditional, colonial and modern India. It redefines the debate on new terms such as disasters cape, the killed, disaster index, disaster divide and vulnerability cluster, to better represent the patterns that engender vulnerability. With the aid of exhaustive research, comparative statistical analyses and illustrative maps, it provides incisive insight into 16 different geophysical across 594 districts of the country.
This book is ideal for students of geography, environmental sociology, development studies, social work and disaster management, and also for policy makers.

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