India Accelerates in Building Resilience
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 166, February 2018:
This issue of
Southasiadisasters.net is titled "India Accelerates in Building
Resilience" and tries to capture the various efforts in the form of
international cooperation undertaken by India to foster resilience regionally
and globally. For instance, India's efforts to leverage cooperation with
countries like Russia and Bangladesh to pursue risk reduction outcomes are
meticulously documented in this issue. Similarly, positive regional
developments like the endorsement of the Disaster Management Bill in Nepal have
also been highlighted in this issue.
This issue's
contents includes: (i) India Accelerates in
Building Resilience; (ii) Delhi–Dhaka Cooperation in Risk Reduction; (iii) India–Russia
Coordinated Action on DRR; (iv) Nepal Endorses Disaster Risk Reduction Bill; (v)
Potential Areas of Using Social Science To Reduce Disaster Risks In India; (vi)
Rains in Chennai, 2017: A Historic View; (vii) Amadora Local Campaign — Making
Cities Resilient; (viii) Unlikely Nuclear Disaster: Likely Preparedness
Planning;and (ix) Facebook Steps up Efforts for Disaster Response in India.
Some of the best
thinkers, researchers, experts, and activists, including Mihir R. Bhatt with
AIDMI Team; Shabana Khan, World Social Science Fellow, ISSC and Director,
Indian Research Academy, New Delhi; SubirDey, Assistant Professor (Ad hoc),
Department of History, University of Delhi; Luis Carvalho, Civil Protection
Chief, Municipal Commander, Amadora, Portugal; and Gautam Kamath, Public Policy
Manager - India, South Asia & Central Asia, Facebook.
see more:
No comments:
Post a Comment