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 and practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|85 pages
Living With Floods—Case Studies in Flood Risk Management
chapter Chapter 2|9 pages
Flooding Problems in Periyar River Basin, Kerala—The Effects of Land Use Land Cover Changes
chapter Chapter 3|5 pages
Attitudinal Capacity and Flood Risk Management of the People of Kerala after the Flood Disaster
chapter Chapter 6|8 pages
Multi-Stakeholder Planning and Coordination for Flood Risk Reduction in Bihar
chapter Chapter 8|13 pages
Himalayan Flash Floods, the Complexities and Challenges in Mitigation: Case Study of Chamoli Disaster
part 2|89 pages
Planning and Managing Risks of Floods and River Erosion
chapter Chapter 10|7 pages
PARA-FM: Graphical User Interface for Emergency Flood Planning and Management
chapter Chapter 12|10 pages
Flood Hazard Mapping for Disaster Management: Multisectoral Approach for a Riverine Region
chapter Chapter 13|6 pages
Benefit-Cost Analysis of Flood Management, A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir
chapter Chapter 16|9 pages
Public-Private-People Partnership (4P) Framework for Managing Floods in Raigad [MH]
chapter Chapter 17|8 pages
Role of Kerala Fire & Rescue Services Department in Handling Kerala Floods 2018
part 3|93 pages
Cyclone Risk Mitigation and Management
chapter Chapter 19|18 pages
At the Cross-roads in Cyclone-prone Odisha: Titli—The Butterfly's Duel with Development
chapter Chapter 22|16 pages
Vulnerability Assessment of a Cyclone Affected Community Kapateswar, Puri Sadar
part 4|46 pages
Managing Risks of Drought
chapter Chapter 26|12 pages
Assessment of Rainfall Variability and Drought Features in Bundelkhand Region of Madhya Pradesh, India
part 5|145 pages
Climate Change And Disasters New Dimensions
chapter Chapter 32|8 pages
Spatial Variability of Climate Extreme Indices Over Mahanadi Basin (India)
chapter Chapter 33|9 pages
Climate Change—Induced Natural Disaster: A Case Study of 2013 Kedarnath Disaster, Uttrakhand
chapter Chapter 38|13 pages
The Most Credible 05 Elements to Tackle Displacement in Nearest 10 Years of Asia
chapter Chapter 39|6 pages
Climate Change and its Interconnectedness with Natural Disasters: A Global Perspective
chapter Chapter 40|6 pages
Climate-Induced Displacement and Climate Disaster Law: Challenges and Opportunities
chapter Chapter 41|4 pages
Climate Hazards and the Role of Local Authorities: Exploring the Indian Legal Framework
part 6|70 pages
Technological Disasters
chapter Chapter 43|10 pages
Chemical Disaster: Leakage of Styrene Gas at L. G. Polymers, Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
chapter Chapter 45|15 pages
Baghjan Fire: A Case Study of the ‘2020 Assam Gas and Oil Leak’ at Baghjan Oil Field, Tinsukia, Assam
chapter Chapter 48|8 pages
Covid-19 Necessitates Review of Existing Framework for Management of CBRN Disasters/Emergencies in India
part 7|70 pages
Other Disasters