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The report summarize SEEDS' activities in 2005-06, a year that has seen one of the worst natural catastrophes in history, with the indian ocean tsunami of December 2004, and has also witnessed significant changes at national government level as well as

This book contains seven chapters, each dealing with one major natural disaster encountered in our country. The outstanding contribution of this book is that it not only deals with the forecasting and description of the various natural disasters, but also

The post-tsunami period in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands offered an opportunity to restore affected housing and living conditions of the large number of people whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged. This report presents findings from consultations

Over the past couple of years, the Government of India has brought about a paradigm shift in the approach to disaster management. The new approach proceeds from the conviction that development cannot be sustainable unless disaster mitigation is built into

This documents provides a description of the activities and observations of a field trip to observe damage caused by the January 26, 2001, Bhuj earthquake. The mission of the trip was to investigate the Gujarat earthquake catastrophe from several angles

This evaluation reviews the total response of the DEC after the Gujarat earthquake, covering 50 villages with more than 2300 interviews. The people affected have received in general substantial and timely assistance and few lives were lost through

Editors: Marcus Moench and Ajaya Dixit

This book provides initial insights from an ongoing ISET programme on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in South Asia. The study is being undertaken in the Nepal Tarai, Eastern Uttar Pradesh

This report is based on a habitat mapping study of the Chinnankudi village in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It was carried out by a team of architects, students, engineers and planners. The field visits, which included a series of