Overview
- Provides a well-illustrated framework of the holistic understanding of our Planet and the ‘System Earth’ with its risks
- Discusses natural hazards with simple illustrations to educate common people
- Helps in spreading disaster education and bringing the behavioural change needed for developing disaster resilient communities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
The author is the recipient of numerousmedals, awards and honors including the prestigious 2012 Varnes Medal of the International Consortium of Landslides; Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Scholarship of the Royal Commission of the U.K. for the Exhibition of 1851, Bhasin Foundation Award for Science and Technology; Jaikrishna Prize; Kuekalmann Award of Indian Geotechnical Society; Disaster Prevention Award of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee; and the Distinguished Engineer Award of the Institution of Engineers (India). He is a PhD in Soil Mechanics from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; a Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers (London); and a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disaster Education and Management
Book Subtitle: A Joyride for Students, Teachers and Disaster Managers
Authors: Rajendra Kumar Bhandari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1566-0
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1565-3Published: 10 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2905-6Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1566-0Published: 26 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 349
Number of Illustrations: 301 b/w illustrations
Topics: Natural Hazards, Science Education, Popular Science, general