An Interdisciplinary Approach for Disaster Resilience and Sustainability

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This book includes selected papers presented at the international expert forum on “Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education,” held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1–2 December 2017. The journey towards disaster risk reduction and resilience requires the participation of a wide array of stakeholders ranging from academics to policymakers, to disaster managers. Given the multifaceted and interdependent nature of disasters, disaster risk reduction and resilience require a multidisciplinary problem-solving approach and evidence-based techniques from the natural, social, engineering, and other relevant sciences. Traditionally, hazard and disaster-related studies have been dominated by the engineering and social science fields. In this regard, the main purpose of this book is to capture the multidisciplinary and multisectoral nature of disaster risk reduction, and to gather existing data, research, conceptual work, and practical cases regarding risk reduction and its ties to sustainable development under a single “umbrella.” Along with the sustainability aspect, the book also links disaster risk reduction with development, technology, governance, education, and climate change, and includes discussions on challenges, solutions, and best practices in the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Regional Perspectives on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (Indrajit Pal, Jason Von Meding, Chutinan Klinmalai)....Pages 3-20 Disaster Resilience for Sustainable Development in Nepal (Charles Pradhan, Raju Chauhan)....Pages 21-33 Manipulating Global Food Preferences for Promoting Sustainability and Reducing Disaster Risk (Monika Vyas, Shaivi Kulshrestha, Mukul Kulshrestha)....Pages 35-51 Risk Governance and the Role of the Informal Sector in Disaster Recovery: The Case of 2015 Nepal Earthquake (Ranit Chatterjee, Kenji Okazaki)....Pages 53-69 Achieving Sustainable Development Through Post-crisis Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessments: Lessons Learned from Nepal’s Post-earthquake Response (Purna Chandra Lal Rajbhandari, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux)....Pages 71-88 Front Matter ....Pages 89-89 Modelling of Flood Susceptibility Based on GIS and Analytical Hierarchy Process—A Case Study of Adayar River Basin, Tamilnadu, India (Saravanan Subbarayan, S. Sivaranjani)....Pages 91-110 An Evaluation of Hydrological Modeling Using SCS-CN Method in Ungauged Om Chhu River Basin of Phuentsholing, Bhutan (Leki Dorji, Raju Sarkar, Ugyen Lhachey, Vasker Sharma, Tshewang, Abhirup Dikshit et al.)....Pages 111-121 Socioeconomic Vulnerability Assessment: A Case Study of Flood Prone Urban Communities of Pakistan (Irfan Ahmad Rana, Jayant K. Routray)....Pages 123-139 Impacts of Dams on Water Level and Riverbank of Lower Mekong Basin (Puvadol Doydee, Thodsapol Chaturabul)....Pages 141-149 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Flood Vulnerability Assessment—A Case Study of Lower Ajay Basin, India (Kartick Chandra Mondal, Sutapa Saha, Pritam Aitch, Gupinath Bhandari)....Pages 151-166 The Study of the Impact of Wastewater from Outfall in River Ganga, West Bengal on the Growth and Morphological Parameters of Spinacia Oleracea L. (Sayanti Kar, Gupinath Bhandari, Indrajit Ghosh, Amitava Ghosh, Pritam Aitch)....Pages 167-182 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 Application of Geospatial Technology in Earthquake Risk Assessment in Papua New Guinea (Tingneyuc Sekac, Sujoy Kumar Jana, Indrajit Pal, Dilip Kumar Pal)....Pages 185-218 Spatio-temporal Variability of Landslides in Sikkim Himalaya, India (A. Singh, R. K. Ranjan, V. C. Tewari)....Pages 219-234 Geo-spatial Approach for Likelihood Damage Assessment of Buildings Due to Seismic Hazard in Urbanized Areas (Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy, Saravana Ganesh Manoharan)....Pages 235-247 Landslides Along NH 39: Its Impact to the Society (Thokchom Devala Devi)....Pages 249-266 Post-earthquake Lessons for Improving Disaster Resilience of Cottage and Small Enterprises in Nepal: A Case Study in Kathmandu District (Asmita Khadka, Indrajit Pal)....Pages 267-288 Risk Identification, Assessment, and Disaster Risk Reduction of a Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Implemented Project (Raju Sarkar, Karan Narang, Prajya Sharma, Indrajit Pal, Abhirup Dikshit)....Pages 289-309 Front Matter ....Pages 311-311 Framework of School Disaster Education and Resilience: Context and Structure (Jieh-Jiuh Wang)....Pages 313-338 Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Education: A Periurban Perspective (Vishal Narain)....Pages 339-353 Integrating Flood Education Miniature and Interactive E-Learning in a Prototype of Flood Learning Kit for Knowledge Resilience Among School Children (Vivien How, Ezza Sabrina Binti Azmi, Nur Farihah Binti Mohd Zaki, Khairuddin Bin Othman)....Pages 355-368 Understanding and Coping with the Increasing Risk of Flood Disaster in Malaysia: Stakeholders’ Perspective as Decision-Makers (Sharifah Akmam Syed Zakaria, Taksiah A. Majid, Mohd Azrulfitri Azimi)....Pages 369-389 Need for Inclusion of Efficiency Benchmarking Framework as a Part of Disaster Education: Case of Public Service Infrastructure Utilities (Sai Amulya, Mukul Kulshrestha, Shaivi Kulshrestha)....Pages 391-403 Mapping Schools in Areas Prone to Natural Hazards in India: Understanding Context to Plan for Long-Term Benefit (Saswati Paik, Pankaj Tiwari)....Pages 405-424 Front Matter ....Pages 425-425 Identification of Arsenic Hazard Locations and Impact on Children—A Case Study on Baruipur Block, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal (Paramita Chaudhuri, Pritam Aitch, Amit Dutta)....Pages 427-449 Effect of Changing Vegetation Coverage and Meteorological Parameters on the Hazard Characteristics of Indian Sundarban Region and Its Impact There On (Papia Guha, Pritam Aitch, Gupinath Bhandari)....Pages 451-475 Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management for a Resilient Community in Satkhira, Bangladesh (Afshana Parven, Indrajit Pal, Chanakan Wuthisakkaroon)....Pages 477-496 An Assessment-Based Toolkit for Management of Urban Disasters (Iftekhar Ahmed)....Pages 497-519 Agriculture Insurance for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Resilience in ASEAN (Shweta Sinha)....Pages 521-535