Disaster Resilience in South Asia

Disaster Resilience in South Asia

Tackling the Odds in the Sub-Continental Fringes

Ahmed, Iftekhar; Maund, Kim; Gajendran, Thayaparan

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2020

222

Dura

Inglês

9781138370029

15 a 20 dias

453

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Foreword; 1. Introduction: Tackling the Odds in the Sub-Continental Fringes: Disaster Resilience in the Smaller Countries of South Asia; 2. An Old Hand: Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction Institutional Framework in Bangladesh; 3. Icy Flood: Adapting to the impacts of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Bhutan; 4. Staying Afloat: Disaster recovery in the climate change-threatened atolls of the Maldives; 5. Rule of Thumb: Opportunities and barriers to compliance of building codes for disaster resilience in Nepal; 6. Framing Accountability: Policy implementation following floods and landslides in Sri Lanka; 7. Conclusion: Key considerations for disaster resilience in the smaller countries of South Asia; Index
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