Description
After a brief discussion of mountain economies in general and their disaster proneness in the first section, the second section deals with the mountain regions in the Indian Himalayan regions that are vulnerable to various disasters. The third section, in particular, deals with one of the mountain states of India namely, Uttarakhand that has witnessed many disasters and the worst disaster occurred in June 2013, entailing enormous loss of human and animal lives and devastation of property and infrastructures. The fourth section examines the damage and need assessment of June 2013 disaster and fifth section describes the pain and sufferings of people that have come out distinctly from discussions of the disaster affected people during field visit. The sixth section analyses the issues relating to rehabilitation and recovery policy measures and the last section concludes by suggesting policy measures from short, medium and long term perspectives.
Disaster management in mountain economy: A case of Uttarakhand State of India
After a brief discussion of mountain economies in general and their disaster proneness in the first section, the second section deals with the mountain regions in the Indian Himalayan regions that are vulnerable to various disasters. The third section, in particular, deals with one of the mountain states of India namely, Uttarakhand that has witnessed many disasters and the worst disaster occurred in June 2013, entailing enormous loss of human and animal lives and devastation of property and infrastructures. The fourth section examines the damage and need assessment of June 2013 disaster and fifth section describes the pain and sufferings of people that have come out distinctly from discussions of the disaster affected people during field visit. The sixth section analyses the issues relating to rehabilitation and recovery policy measures and the last section concludes by suggesting policy measures from short, medium and long term perspectives.