| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 269 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
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India's disasterscape -- Disasterscape ascribed to the naturals -- Traditional : absorb and appeal -- Colonial : the idea of 'natural' disaster -- Post-independence (1947-90) : apathy and blame -- Globalization 1990 onwards : recognition not realization -- Vulnerable India -- A disaster divide |
| Summary |
This book de-myths the oft repeated claim of 'natural disaster' and puts forward socio-economic factors as the cause for the recurrence of disasters. With this framework, the author examines the popular notion of the Vulnerable India in psycho-geographical terms and unmasks the dimensions of vulnerability itself. In doing so the author foregrounds the factors that create and perpetuate vulnerability of the marginalized sections of the society and of the nation and redefines the phrase Vulnerable India . Presenting a national level inquiry, the three sections of the book called the Fact, Respon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Natural disasters -- India
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NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Natural disasters
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Naturkatastrofer -- Indien.
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009036703 |
| ISBN |
9788132105428 |
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8132105427 |
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9788132112884 |
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8132112881 |
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