Cyclonic Disasters and Resilience - Mohanty, Ashutosh;Dubey, Anupama;Singh, R. B.
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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…mehr

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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, (4) deterministic attitudes of people who accept disasters as "fate", (5) houses that are weakly constructed and (6) underdeveloped central awareness programmes and weather forecast systems.

This book is based on an empirical study presenting a timeline analysis of major cyclones and their impacts and consequent losses through the super-cyclones in the disaster-prone coastal regions of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This study also investigates resilience mechanisms based on early warning systems, technology applications including GIS and remote sensing, best practices, success stories and case studies that can be used for effective cyclone management and development of a resilience mechanism among coastal communities.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Saeed Pourmorad is a postdoctral fellow at the Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, China, and he focuses on sedimentary geochemistry and remote sensing. He has published many journal articles and three specialized books on sedimentology and geochemical exploration in Iran. He has been associated with a number of international research and teaching assignments related to sedimentary geochemistry and remote sensing. Dr. Ashutosh Mohanty currently works at the Centre for Environment and Economic Development (CEED), New Delhi, India, and he is a professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Bhopal, India. He also works as a director and a professor in disaster management and climate change in Shoolini University, India, and serves at prominent international universities and institutions. He was assigned to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal, which is part of the research-based university network called the Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) consisting of 40 universities in 8 Himalayan countries. He completed his Ph.D. in urban environmental governance in Utkal University, Odisha, and his M.S. in urban environmental management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, under a fellowship from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He has published 7 journal papers with high impact (SCI and Scopus) and 12 book chapters with Springer Nature and Emerald Publishing, focusing on disaster management and climate change impacts in terms of water resources management, human health and the agriculture interface. He is associated with the BRICS Research Committee and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as a delegate for Papua New Guinea to address future impacts of disaster policy and governance, climate change, costal hazards, mountain hazards, food security and transboundary water resource management as well as regional cooperation. He was associated with international research centres including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA; the Consortium for Capacity Building at the University of Colorado, USA; the National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan; the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; and University College of London, UK.