Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
Disaster Response in India: An Overview / S. Parasuraman and P. V. Unnikrishnan
A Global Profile / Peter Walker
Disasters in South Asia / Debarati Guha Sapir
II. Issues of Significance
Human Rights Issues / S. Muralidhar
Gender Issues / Tahmina Rehman
Media Reportage, Public Perceptions and Policies: Interview with Mark Tully
Health Issues / P. V. Unnikrishnan, B. Ekbal and Mira Shiva
Traditional Systems of Medicine / V. N. Pandey
Disability Issues / Ali Baquer
Psycho-social Consequences / R. Srinivasa Murthy
Environmental Disasters / Max Martin
Arsenic in Groundwater / Tushar Bhattacharya
Large Dams: Disasters of Gigantism / Himanshu Takkar
Ecological Issues / Amit Mitra
Cities of Chaos / Ian Davis
Urban Malplanning / Asmita Kabra
Displacement of the Urban Poor in Delhi / Vanitha Viswanathan
The Science of Disasters / Y. S. Gill
Disasters Mapping and Forecasting / Arun Kumar Singh
Amateur Radios: Right Frequencies / S. Suri
The Role of the Internet / C. N. N. Nair
Role of the Government: Responsibilities, and Performance / Bhagat Singh
Role of the Indian Armed Forces in Disaster Relief / R. Prasannan
Andhra Pradesh Government Policy on Disaster Management / M. Sahoo
Compensation and Insurance / Usha Ramanathan
Financing Disaster Response / H. N. Das
How the Parliament Debates Disaster Issues: Interviews with Members of Parliament
NGO-Government Collaboration / V. K. Sharma
Situation Reports to Resource Mobilisation / Prema Balasubramaniam
Responding with Faith / Titus George
A Profile of Agencies Involved in Disaster Response / Simon Lynch and P. V. Unnikrishnan
The Oxfam Experience in India / Tarun Sarwal and John Gwynn
The European Community Humanitarian Office in India / Jose Felix Merladet
Medecins Sans Frontieres in India / Rutger Verkerk
The SPHERE Project's Humanitarian Charter / Unnikrishnan P. V. and Tarun Sarwal
III. Natural Disasters
Floods: A Small Matter of History / Dunu Roy
Bihar: Breaches of Promises / D. K. Misra
The Experience in Gudari, Orissa / Tushar Bhattacharya
Uttar Pradesh: Seeds of the Future / Sanjay Awasthi
Lessons from Eastern Uttar Pradesh / Kanjiv Lochan and Sanjay Awasthi
Landslides and Floods: An Update / IDR team
Droughts: Reaping Scarcity / Sohini Sengupta
Everybody Loves a Good Drought / P. Sainath
Heat and Cold Waves / IDR team
A Hundred Years of Droughts: An Update / IDR team
Cyclones: Trapped in a Spin Cycle / IDR team
Shelter during Disasters / Laurie Baker
Cyclone Mitigation Measures: Interview with A. V. S. Reddy
Tornados in the East Cost / IDR team
The 1999 Super Cyclone in Orissa / Ajay Kanchan and John Gwynn
Earthquakes: Reconfiguring Lives and Landscapes / Ravi Chopra
Community Participation in Latur / Prema Gopalan
Gender Issues in the Marathwada Earthquake / Jane Aubrey
Socio-Legal Intervention in Latur / S. Krishnadas
Maharashtra State Government Disaster Management Plan / Bhavna Padiyath
IV. Human Instigated Disasters
Communal Violence / Asghar Ali Engineer
Beyond Religion / Purushottam Agarwal
Communal Riots: Punishing the Guilty / Teesta Setalvad
Dalits and Caste Conflicts / Gopal Guru
Communal Forces in India / Dilip Simeon
Ethnic Conflicts in the North-East: Few Rights, Many Wronged / Sanjoy Hazarika
Peace Process in North-East: An Update / Deepak Diwan
Victims of Internal Colonisation / Sajal Nag
Refugees in India / P. V. Unnikrishnan and Max Martin
Strangers in a Strange Land: Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Refugee Law: Interview with Irene Khan
Refugees from Partition / Andrew Whitehead
Pawns in the 'Development Game' / Walter Fernandes
East Pakistan Refugees: Borders of Hope / L. K. Baruah
Internal Displacement Due to Disaster and Conflicts / Unnikrishnan P. V. and Max Martin
V. Other Disasters
Epidemics: Disease as Disasters / C. M. Francis, Ravi Narayan and Ranjan R. Patil / [et al.]
Emerging Infectious Diseases / IDR team
Band-Aid Relief?: Interview with Debabar Banerjee
Fire: Blazing Questions / S. K. Dheri and G. C. Mishra
Industrial Disasters: Working Towards Oblivion / Meenakshi Nath
Bhopal Gas Tragedy / Satinath Sarangi
Road Accidents / V. J. Thomas
Air Accidents / V. J. Thomas
Railway Accidents / Ranjit Mathur
Pilgrimage and Festival Related Disasters / Rajiv Theodore
The Business of Faith / Kajal Basu
IV. Country Papers
Nepal / Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit
Sri Lanka / Simon Harris
Bangladesh / Disaster Forum
V. Conclusions: Towards a Disaster Preparedness and Response Policy / S. Parasuraman and P. V. Unnikrishnan.
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