Disaster Risk Management

This book provides a framework for making administration effective and improving mitigation and rehabilitation measures with a view to ensuring a safer life for citizens.

It is an outcome of research studies carried out by eminent scholars and practitioners in South Asian countries in the field of disaster risk management. The authors discuss how different South Asian countries manage disasters and address challenges associated with them. The case studies presented in this book reflect reality versus myth. In the quest to improve the ground-level situation, it is pertinent to understand the interdisciplinary nature of approaches used to tackle the aftermath of disasters.

The key features of this book include (i) the adoption of critical and multidisciplinary approaches in discussing disaster-related problems and emerging issues; and (ii) the provision of insights into the approaches to address the challenges and issues of disaster risk management. The different stakeholders, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers will acquire a fuller and richer understanding of the various issues related to disaster risk management.

Associate Professor Huong Ha is Head, Business Programmes, at School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences. She has been affiliated with University of Newcastle, Australia. Her previous positions include dean, director of R&D, deputy course director, chief editor, executive director, business development manager, and so on. She holds a PhD from Monash University (Australia) and a master's degree from NUS (Singapore). She was a recipient of many teaching excellence awards, scholarships, and research-related grants. She has published more than 80 journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, etc. She is an invited member of the scientific and/or technical committees of international conferences, and a reviewer of high-ranking international journals.

Dr. R. Lalitha S. Fernando is senior professor, Department of Public Administration and Director of Research Centre of Governance and Public Policy, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Currently, she is the Secretary General of the Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance.

Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan, PhD, is professor of public administration and dean, faculty of social sciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. He received medals for standing first in MA and MPhil. by Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has presented at international/national conferences worldwide.