Vulnerable India: a geographical study of disasters
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1. Verfasser: Kapur, Anu (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Shimla Indian Institute of Advanced Study 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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
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ISBN:8132100778
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