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Disaster Risk Management
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Disaster Risk Management

by Dr. Huong Ha, Dr. R. S. Fernando, Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
5h 36m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 11

Disaster Risk Management

What Have We Learned from the South Asian Experience?

Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India

Huong Ha

School of Business, Singapore University of Singapore, Singapore

R. Lalitha S. Fernando

Department of Public Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

 

Introduction

Natural disasters are global incidents that can significantly change South Asia’s economic development and people’s livelihoods by prolonging and intensifying poverty and resource constraints. There are many causes of natural disasters (US Environmental Protection Agency 2016), and there is no “one-shoe-fits” solution to prevent natural disasters. What we can do is to prepare for disasters ...

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ISBN: 9781949443073