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India disasters report
towards a policy initiative

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Acknowledgements

I. Introduction

Disaster Response in India: An Overview - Parasuraman S. and Unnikrishnan P. V.
A Global Profile - Peter Walker
Disasters in South Asia  - Debarati Guha Sapir

II. Issues of Significance

Human Rights Issues S. Muralidhar
Gender Issues Tahmina Rehman
Media Reportage, Public Perceptions and Policies Interview with Mark Tully
Health Issues Unnikrishnan P. V. , Ekbal B. and Mira Shiva
Traditional Systems of Medicine V. N. Pandey
Disability Issues Ali Baquer
Psycho-social Consequences R. Srinivasa Murthy
Environmental Disasters Max Martin
Arsenic in Groundwater Tushar Bhattacharya 
Large Dams: Disasters of Gigantism Himanshu Takkar 
Ecological Issues Amit Mitra
Cities of Chaos Ian Davis
Urban Malplanning Asmita Kabra 
Displacement of the Urban Poor in Delhi Vanitha Viswanathan 
The Science of Disasters Y. S. Gill 
Disasters Mapping and Forecasting Arun Kumar Singh 
Amateur Radios: Right Frequencies S. Suri
The Role of the Internet C. N. N. Nair
Role of the Government: Responsibilities, and Performance Bhagat Singh 
Role of the Indian Armed Forces in Disaster Relief R. Prasannan
Andhra Pradesh Government Policy on Disaster Management M. Sahoo
Compensation and Insurance Usha Ramanathan
Financing Disaster Response H. N. Das
How the Parliament Debates Disaster Issues Interviews with Members of Parliament
NGO-Government Collaboration V. K. Sharma 
Situation Reports to Resource Mobilisation Prema Balasubramaniam
Responding with Faith Titus George
A Profile of Agencies Involved in Disaster Response Simon Lynch and Unnikrishnan P. V.

The Oxfam Experience in India Tarun Sarwal and John Gwynn
The European Community Humanitarian Office in India Jose Felix Merladet
Médecins Sans Frontières in India Rutger Verkerk
The SPHERE Project's Humanitarian Charter Unnikrishnan P. V. and Tarun Sarwal

Earthquakes: Reconfiguring Lives and Landscapes Ravi Chopra

Community Participation in Latur Prema Gopalan
Gender Issues in the Marathwada Earthquake Jane Aubrey
Socio-Legal Intervention in Latur S. Krishnadas 
Maharashtra State Government Disaster Management Plan Bhavna Padiyath

The Science of Disasters Y. S. Gill 

 

III. Natural Disasters

Floods: A Small Matter of History Dunu Roy

Bihar: Breaches of Promises D. K. Misra 
The Experience in Gudari, Orissa Tushar Bhattacharya 
Uttar Pradesh: Seeds of the Future Sanjay Awasthi 
Lessons from Eastern Uttar Pradesh Kanjiv Lochan and Sanjay Awasthi
Landslides and Floods: An Update IDR team

Droughts: Reaping Scarcity Sohini Sengupta

Everybody Loves a Good Drought P. Sainath
Heat and Cold Waves IDR team 
A Hundred Years of Droughts: An Update IDR team

Cyclones: Trapped in a Spin Cycle IDR team

Shelter during Disasters Laurie Baker
Cyclone Mitigation Measures Interview with A. V. S. Reddy
Tornados in the East Coast IDR team
The 1999 Super Cyclone in Orissa Ajay Kanchan and John Gwynn

Earthquakes: Reconfiguring Lives and Landscapes Ravi Chopra

Community Participation in Latur Prema Gopalan
Gender Issues in the Marathwada Earthquake Jane Aubrey
Socio-Legal Intervention in Latur S. Krishnadas 
Maharashtra State Government Disaster Management Plan Bhavna Padiyath

IV. Human Instigated Disasters

Communal Violence Asghar Ali Engineer 
Beyond Religion Purushottam Agarwal 
Communal Riots: Punishing the Guilty Teesta Setalvad 
Dalits and Caste Conflicts Gopal Guru 
Communal Forces in India Dilip Simeon 
Ethnic Conflicts in the North-East: Few Rights, Many Wronged Sanjoy Hazarika 
Peace Process in North-East: An Update Deepak Diwan 
Victims of Internal Colonisation Sajal Nag 
Refugees in India Unnikrishnan P. V. and Max Martin 
Strangers in a Strange Land Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Refugee Law Interview with Irene Khan
Refugees from Partition Andrew Whitehead
Pawns in the 'Development Game' Walter Fernandes 
East Pakistan Refugees: Borders of Hope L. K. Baruah
Internal Displacement Due to Disaster and Conflicts Unnikrishnan P. V. and Max Martin

V. Other Disasters

Epidemics: Disease as Disasters C. M. Francis, Ravi Narayan, Ranjan R. Patil, and C. Umesh,
Emerging Infectious Diseases IDR team
Band-Aid Relief? Interview with Debabar Banerjee
Fire: Blazing Questions S. K. Dheri and G. C. Mishra
Industrial Disasters: Working Towards Oblivion Meenakshi Nath
Bhopal Gas Tragedy Satinath Sarangi
Road Accidents V. J. Thomas
Air Accidents V. J. Thomas 
Railway Accidents Ranjit Mathur 
Pilgrimage and Festival Related Disasters Rajiv Theodore 
The Business of Faith Kajal Basu

IV. Country Papers

Nepal Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit
Sri Lanka Simon Harris
Bangladesh Disaster Forum, Bangladesh

V. Conclusions

Towards a Disaster Preparedness and Response Policy Parasuraman S. and Unnikrishnan P. V.

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