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Peter Winchester
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Coastal Flat
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Cyclone Prone Areas
Cyclone Shelters
delta
development aid effectiveness
differential
disaster management in South India
Disaster Prone Areas
disaster risk reduction
emergency management strategies
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Extreme Natural Hazard Events
Fieldwork Programme
Ground Flooding
High Income Equivalents
humanitarian response
Indian Red Cross Society
Joint Hindu Family
krishna
Krishna Delta
Lo Ca
Lowest Income Equivalents
marginal
Marginal Farmers
milch
Milch Animals
NGO Intervention
Plough Teams
prone
Revenue Villages
Ri Ga
rural livelihoods resilience
SCS
Secondary Occupations
shelters
Tamil Nadu
Tidal Flat
Vice Versa
vulnerability assessment
Vulnerable Households

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138995185
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 17 May 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do people expose themselves to such hazards? Do mitigation programmes help? What effect does aid really have on the areas that receive it?

By examining one particular cyclone-prone area of Southern India in great detail over a 10-year period Peter Winchester has come up with some perceptive answers to the questions. In particular, he formulates a set of five 'golden rules' for disaster management.

The book will provide valuable and thought-provoking reading for anyone involved with disaster management, and will be essential for all those whose work involves aid or development in disaster-prone areas.
About Peter Winchester
Peter Winchester worked for many years as an architect, during which time he became involved with housing in the developing world. The lack of understanding often shown by his profession in the social and political contexts in which they worked promoted his move into academic research. He now works as a consultant for the Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex Polytechnic in London.

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