TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salpekar, Aaradhana
AU  - Jamwal, Anil K.
TI  - Management of mahor disasters
SN  - 9788171393961
U1  - 658.477 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Jnanada Prakashna
KW  - Emergency management -- India
KW  - Earthquake resistant design -- India
KW  - Emergency management -- Asia
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1. Transforming Adversity into Opportunity:
Experiences from the Gujarat Earthquake
Reconstruction Programme . 1

2. Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings 26

3. Challenges of Post-Super Cyclone Reconstruction
in Orissa 38

4. Disaster Mitigation in Electricity Sector 56

5. Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing
Multi-storeyed Buildings 69

6. Seismic Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation
of Precast Concrete Schoolrooms 84

7. Structural Safety Issues in Retrofitting of Reinforced
Concrete Buildings 94

8. Arunachal Pradesh: A Ceo-dynamic Quagmire
Amplified by Human Disregard to Ecology—
A Case Study in Disaster Management 109

9. Seismic Hazard Assessment for Mitigating
Earthquake Damage of California Bridges 122

10. Disasters and their Management in Nepal 132

11. Programme for Enhancement of Emergency
Response (PEER): An Initiative Towards
Self-SufFiciency in Responding to Large-Scale
Disasters in Asia 142
12. Reconstruction Programmes in EQ Effected Areas—
Experiences in Latur and Bhuj 156
13. Prevention of Disaster due to Open Fires in
Underground Coal Mines—A Model Study 170
14. Disaster Management Over Indian Railways
Issues and Challenges 1 8 1
15. Flood Hazard Management in England and Wales:
From Land Drainage to Flood Risk Management 197
16. Policies and Measures on Flood Mitigation in
China Since 1998 213
17. Seismic Risk in Bangladesh and its Management 232

18. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Critical
Facilities and Lifeline Infrastructure of Kathmandu
Valley, Nepal 252

19. Management of Man Made Disasters—Face to Face
with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy 267

20. Design Patterns in Disaster Mitigation of Fire
Hazards from Liquid Fuel Tank Farms 279

21. Collapse of Bridges due to Flash Flood in
Arunachal Pradesh 285

22. Role of Vehicle Mounted Operation Theatre
Complex and Wards in Disaster Management 292

23. Habitat, Earthquake and Reconstruction 306

24. The EMI Cluster Cities Project: Reducing Disasters
in World's Largest Cities Through International
Cooperation 322

25. Multi-Hazard Mapping for Planning Urban
Centers in Mountainous Terrains 330

26. An Early Warning System for Improving Resiliency
of Transport Systems in Urban Areas during
Natural Disasters 340

27. Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Nepal 347

28. Emergency Dome Construction Housing System
Based on Anhydrite Light Mortar 361

29. Human Settlements, Emergency Planning and
Lifeline Structures in Disaster—Prone Areas—
Specifically in Hydro Power Projects 371



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