Overview
- Provides a comparative analysis (occidental & oriental cultures) of key case studies from across the world
- Highlights recommendations and designs which improve institutional functioning to prevents disasters and achieve SDGs
- Contains a strong Asia Pacific perspective
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Disasters are trans-boundary and disaster studies are trans-disciplinary. It is this aspect which would form the fulcrum of contributions and present a new, refreshing and innovative design for the handbook. The transformatory pedagogy which started with the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks. The four priority areas around which the book would revolve are (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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Table of contents (168 entries)
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Introduction
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Policy Implementation and Best Practices
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Singh is trained in Political Science, Public Administration and Law (MA, LLB. PhD). She is widely known for her grassroot transdisciplinary governance research with research collaborations spanning through many universities and government departments in India, South Asia, USA and Australia. Her work on implementation studies and best practices in community initiatives started in 2006 at the Hawke Centre of the University of South Australia, Adelaide. She further collaborated with the Global Innovators Network, at the Kennedy School, Harvard University and IT for Women Initiative at Maryland University Baltimore (2004-2006). She has been awarded the Australia-India Council (2006) and Australian Government-Monash Fellowship(2016). In 2016-2017 she was Visiting Professor at the American University at Washington DC. She has also served as a member of the Jury and Advisory Board of UNESCO-Netexplo International University at Paris and has presented her study of NGO led best practices at the UN General Assembly. She has supervised a large number of PhD students who adorn prestigious positions in academics and in administration.
She has authored and edited many books and several national and international research papers besides being the ‘Series Editor’ for Palgrave-Macmillan’s ‘Global South Series on Disaster Management’ with five books in a row. She has authored some important fact finding reports ( Uttarakhand 2013 & Kerala 2018) on her collaborative empirical research related to disasters and administrative preparedness. These reports have served as lighthouses to policy makers and judiciary. As an advocate of animals and environment she has shared her experience in some daily newspapers such as the Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times and The Daily Guardian (Columnist).
Her contribution to community research has been duly acknowledged in the awards bestowed upon her ie; Delhi’s ‘Public Service Award’, NALSA’s ‘Social Justice Award’, ‘Millennium Award for Women in Public Services’ and ‘e-Governance Award’. She also received the 2014 Bangladesh's National Award ‘Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award’ in Dhaka. Prof. Singh is an ardent campaigner for habitat protection and rights of all species to share planet earth justifiably without violence.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Handbook of Disaster Research
Editors: Amita Singh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-8387-0Published: 02 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-8388-7Published: 30 September 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVI, 2585
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 213 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Natural Hazards