Disaster Education and Management
Rajendra Kumar Bhandari
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Description for Disaster Education and Management
Paperback. This book provides a framework for the holistic understanding of our planet and environmental hazards. An ideal resource for general readers, it is profusely illustrated and will help in the development of disaster resilient communities. Num Pages: 377 pages, 301 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDZ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
The book is expressly written for the young minds because they are our best hope for a safer tomorrow. The book is profusely illustrated, as it offers a joyride to the world of the whole range of hazards through simplified teaching-learning process, with less of teaching and more of learning. This is because most readers would love to learn without actually being taught. The book is designed to take advantage of distilled wisdom of centuries to inspire and enlighten the common man to turn them into prime movers of safer societies. Senior citizens, community leaders, self-trained disaster managers, social workers, media personnel, ... Read more
The book is expressly written for the young minds because they are our best hope for a safer tomorrow. The book is profusely illustrated, as it offers a joyride to the world of the whole range of hazards through simplified teaching-learning process, with less of teaching and more of learning. This is because most readers would love to learn without actually being taught. The book is designed to take advantage of distilled wisdom of centuries to inspire and enlighten the common man to turn them into prime movers of safer societies. Senior citizens, community leaders, self-trained disaster managers, social workers, media personnel, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9788132229056
SKU
V9788132229056
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Rajendra Kumar Bhandari
Dr. R.K. Bhandari is a noted geohazards researcher, a teacher, and a practitioner. Early scientific work of the author was on landslides in the Indian Himalayas, mudslides of the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Sheppey in the United Kingdom, and on landslides in the Central Highlands of SriLanka. The great Malpa rock-avalanche-tragedy of 1998, the Orissa super cyclone ... Read more
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