书目名称 | Cyclonic Disasters and Resilience |
副标题 | An Empirical Study o |
编辑 | Ashutosh Mohanty,Anupama Dubey,R. B. Singh |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/243/242557/242557.mp4 |
概述 | Includes detailed analysis of recent government policies.Has a timeline analysis of cyclones in the last 200 years.Addresses future cyclonic disaster risk responses |
丛书名称 | Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .The Bay of Bengal is prone to tropical cyclones and storm surges as a result of its location, and many of the mostly poor people living along the coastal regions of South Asia lose their lives almost every year. These disasters have been particularly devastating and have caused serious damage. During the past five decades, the low-lying coastal and offshore islands have experienced a tragic history of 50 severe cyclones and storm surges, with more than one million victims dead or missing. People accepted and waited for the next disaster as they had no alternatives. Members of the poor families who survived the disasters experienced hard times recovering from damage and the loss of their loved ones. After disasters, epidemic diseases arise in the affected areas. Many of the people in distress are also deprived of public services. Providing all sorts of assistance and emergency health preparedness are most essential to overcome such a situation. The causes of these huge casualties have been mainly: (1) the high population density of costal settlements, (2) inadequate cyclone shelters in the disaster risk areas, (3) lack of awareness of the disaster risk by the vulnerable population, |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Super cyclone; Disaster resilience; Meteorological emergency; Early warning system; Coastal region; South |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1215-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-19-1217-7 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-19-1215-3Series ISSN 2198-3542 Series E-ISSN 2198-3550 |
issn_series | 2198-3542 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |