ABSTRACT
World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers, practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|107 pages
Challenges and Opportunities of Green Infrastructure
chapter Chapter 3|7 pages
Green Infrastructure for Flood Risk Reduction: An Ecological Planning Framework
chapter Chapter 5|7 pages
Developing System Dynamics Model for Flood Risk Management Through Green Infrastructure
part 2|68 pages
Environmental Issues in Disaster Risk Management
chapter Chapter 10|6 pages
Empirical Study of Air Quality w.r.t. RSPM in Air Quality Stations of Indiausing Data Analytics
chapter Chapter 11|9 pages
Detection of Shoreline Changes in the Highly Vulnerable Coastal Watersheds of Tamil Nadu Using DSAS
chapter Chapter 13|9 pages
Degradation of Mangroves along Coastline of Andhra Pradesh and Strategies for Conservation
part 3|82 pages
Emerging Challenges for Urban Planning
chapter Chapter 18|11 pages
Pursuing Resilience and Inclusive Approach in Planning: The Urban Aspect of COVID-19
chapter Chapter 20|7 pages
An Impact Assessment Framework of Urban Physical Characteristics to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effects
chapter Chapter 21|10 pages
Mitigation of Planning Void by Flyovers through Intersection Area Land Use planning
chapter Chapter 23|11 pages
Urban Regeneration of Cultural Core for BuildingResilience: Case Study of Nashik
part 4|92 pages
Making Cities Resilient: Case Studies
chapter Chapter 26|6 pages
Household Level Disaster Risk Knowledge in Urban Slums and Rich Community, Dhaka
chapter Chapter 28|23 pages
Urban Sprawl and Climate Change Resilience in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India
part 5|18 pages
Issues of Health Risk Management
chapter Chapter 32|6 pages
Integration of Disaster Management with Public Health: A Capacity-Building Approach
part 6|60 pages
Managing Risks of Agricultural Sector
chapter Chapter 33|9 pages
A Comprehensive Technique to Agricultural Risk Management for Enhancing Resilience
part 7|65 pages
Hazard, Vulnerability And Risk Assessment: Case Studies
chapter Chapter 41|12 pages
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment of Schools in Lower Himalayas: Haridwar District, Uttarakhand, India
chapter Chapter 42|12 pages
Mainstreaming Risk Reduction in Planning Practices for Vulnerable Hill Settlement: A Case of Uttarakhand
chapter Chapter 43|17 pages
Multi-Hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment, Case of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
part 8|55 pages
Assessing and Mitigating Risks of Landslides