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Towards Disaster Risk Reduction: Contextualizing Recurrent Floods In Uttar Pradesh, India
community participation, disaster risk reduction, emic perspective, India, recurrent floods, Uttar PradeshBy: PRASHANT KHATTRI – Recurrent floods cause a lot of damage to life and livelihoods of people in India annually. Every year around 75 lakh hectares of land is affected by floods, around 1600 lives are lost and damage to crops, houses and public utilities are to the tune of Rs. 1805 crores. It has…
Community Participation in Disaster Management: Role of Social Work to Enhance Participation
By: ANWAR HOSSAIN – Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable areas to natural disasters in the world. Almost every year different types of natural disasters occur in Bangladesh and destroy many lives and resources of people. Although it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of disasters influenced by natural causes, proper plan, management…