CHAPTER 7
Food Security through Public (Food) Distribution System in a Postdisaster Situation: A Comparative Study of Bangladesh and West Bengal (India)
Rabindranath Bhattacharyya
Department of Political Science, University of Burdwan
Jebunnessa
Department of Public Administration, Jahangirnagar University
Introduction
Natural disasters occur only when natural hazards happen in a vulnerable situation. For instance, if any natural hazard like earthquake hits an uninhabited desert area, there will be no loss of life or livelihood. But if such an earthquake hits a highly populated city, it will lead to loss of human lives as well as loss of lives of domestic animals and a huge loss of property and assets. Of course, the degree of such loss would ...
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