Management of mahor disasters/ 
edited by Aaradhana Salpekar and Anil K. Jamwal. 
 - New Delhi:  Jnanada Prakashna,  2010. 
 - 396p. 
<br/><br/><br/>1. Transforming Adversity into Opportunity:<br/>Experiences from the Gujarat Earthquake<br/>Reconstruction Programme . 1<br/><br/>2. Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings 26<br/><br/>3. Challenges of Post-Super Cyclone Reconstruction<br/>in Orissa 38<br/><br/>4. Disaster Mitigation in Electricity Sector 56<br/><br/>5. Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing<br/>Multi-storeyed Buildings 69<br/><br/>6. Seismic Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation<br/>of Precast Concrete Schoolrooms 84<br/><br/>7. Structural Safety Issues in Retrofitting of Reinforced<br/>Concrete Buildings 94<br/><br/>8. Arunachal Pradesh: A Ceo-dynamic Quagmire<br/>Amplified by Human Disregard to Ecology—<br/>A Case Study in Disaster Management 109<br/><br/>9. Seismic Hazard Assessment for Mitigating<br/>Earthquake Damage of California Bridges 122<br/><br/>10. Disasters and their Management in Nepal 132<br/><br/>11. Programme for Enhancement of Emergency<br/>Response (PEER): An Initiative Towards<br/>Self-SufFiciency in Responding to Large-Scale<br/>Disasters in Asia 142<br/>12. Reconstruction Programmes in EQ Effected Areas—<br/>Experiences in Latur and Bhuj 156<br/>13. Prevention of Disaster due to Open Fires in<br/>Underground Coal Mines—A Model Study 170<br/>14. Disaster Management Over Indian Railways<br/>Issues and Challenges 1 8 1<br/>15. Flood Hazard Management in England and Wales:<br/>From Land Drainage to Flood Risk Management 197<br/>16. Policies and Measures on Flood Mitigation in<br/>China Since 1998 213<br/>17. Seismic Risk in Bangladesh and its Management 232<br/><br/>18. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Critical<br/>Facilities and Lifeline Infrastructure of Kathmandu<br/>Valley, Nepal 252<br/><br/>19. Management of Man Made Disasters—Face to Face<br/>with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy 267<br/><br/>20. Design Patterns in Disaster Mitigation of Fire<br/>Hazards from Liquid Fuel Tank Farms 279<br/><br/>21. Collapse of Bridges due to Flash Flood in<br/>Arunachal Pradesh 285<br/><br/>22. Role of Vehicle Mounted Operation Theatre<br/>Complex and Wards in Disaster Management 292<br/><br/>23. Habitat, Earthquake and Reconstruction 306<br/><br/>24. The EMI Cluster Cities Project: Reducing Disasters<br/>in World's Largest Cities Through International<br/>Cooperation 322<br/><br/>25. Multi-Hazard Mapping for Planning Urban<br/>Centers in Mountainous Terrains 330<br/><br/>26. An Early Warning System for Improving Resiliency<br/>of Transport Systems in Urban Areas during<br/>Natural Disasters 340<br/><br/>27. Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Nepal 347<br/><br/>28. Emergency Dome Construction Housing System<br/>Based on Anhydrite Light Mortar 361<br/><br/>29. Human Settlements, Emergency Planning and<br/>Lifeline Structures in Disaster—Prone Areas—<br/>Specifically in Hydro Power Projects 371<br/><br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788171393961 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emergency management -- India<br/>Earthquake resistant design -- India<br/>Emergency management -- Asia
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.477  / SAL/M