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Disaster mitigation and management for West Bengal, India An appraisal [1]

We examine the predominant natural hazards in West Bengal, along with an analysis of the prevalent disaster mitigation and management perspectives. Pre-hazard activities towards its mitigation are emphasized and explicated. In cognizance with the existence of multiple hazards in the region, a composite vulnerability map is prepared through integration of earthquake, flood, wind and cyclone, landslide, and subsidence hazard distributions along with vulnerability components represented by district-wise population density, and industrial output distribution to project a combined first-hand qualitative hazard and vulnerability description of the region.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2008
Sankar Kumar Nath [2], Debasis Roy [3], Kiran Kumar Singh Thingbaijam [4]
Current Science [5]
94
7
858
Tags:
Natural Disasters [6], Floods [7], Cyclones [8], Earthquakes [9], Storms [10], Landslides [11], Flood Control [12], Drought [13], Drought Management [14], Tsunami [15], Disaster Management [16], Disaster Preparedness [17], India [18], West Bengal [19]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kiran-kumar-singh-thingbaijam
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flood-control
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-management
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tsunami
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[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-preparedness
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[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal