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With special reference to children working in carpet industry of Bhadohi and Mirzāpur belt of Uttar Pradesh, India and the goverment initiatives in the area

Sendai Framework of Action has emphasized on, community participation and preparedness, as a major strategy for Disaster risk-reduction (DRR), for managing disasters. It ensures that, effects of disasters are minimized and people are made, resilient for improved coping capacities, to attain resettlement at the earliest. Jammu & Kashmir state experienced worst flood, during first week of September 2014, due to unprecedented and incessant rains and existing flood vulnerabilities. A total of 1.16 million population, out of 1.27 million population, of Srinagar Urban Agglomeration were, affected by the September 2014 floods. Present study, attempts to examine flood vulnerabilities and steps taken, by Jammu & Kashmir, State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA) and NGOs, for reducing identified flood vulnerabilities and creating conducive conditions, for adopting community participation and preparedness measures, to integrate disaster risk reduction strategies. The study is based on both secondary and primary sources of information. Secondary sources of information include, government measures adopted for reducing flood vulnerabilities. A primary field survey was conducted, among the flood affected families, to study community participation, preparedness and perception changes, in adopting Disaster Risk Reduction measures. Findings, from the study, indicate, that State machinery has been created for implementing Disaster-risk-reduction measures and community participation and preparedness has been sufficiently activated. However, awareness generation measures, like safety audits, implementation of building codes and development of emergency resettlement centres, are not effectively working. Although early warning system equipment, have been installed, but people are not aware, as to how, such warning will be communicated and what measures are required during warning period.

Contributed articles presented earlier at a workshop

The flood of 2015 affected entire Thoubal district and parts of Chandel district in Manipur state of India. According to the government reports, nearly 600 square kilometers of area with over 500,000 populations were affected in the Thoubal and Chandel districts. Majority of the population in the flood affected area are farmers, whose paddy crop cultivation was destroyed and it also affected crop production for the next year due to acute shortage of seeds. Fisheries farms got submerged and people lost livelihood opportunities. Animal life also suffered due to inundation of inhabited plain areas for several days. The market and shops were closed and many were submerged for at least one week. Since it was the season for agricultural plantation, the farmers also suffered from food security for the entire season. The present study examines causes and consequences that lead to the worst floods of July- August 2015 in the plains of Manipur state. The paper also examines the level of local community response towards prevention and preparedness and disaster risk-reduction. The study indicates the lack of protective and preparedness measures, while dealing with such magnitude of floods hazard.

It consists of selected papers presented at the Second World Congress on Disaster Management, which focused on community resilience and responses towards disaster risk reduction based on South Asian experiences, and closely examines the coordinated research activities involving all stakeholders, especially the communities at risk. -- provider

This book discusses the interconnected, complex and emerging risks in today's societies and deliberates on the various aspects of disaster risk reduction strategies especially through community resilience and responses. It consists of selected papers presented at the World Congress on Disaster Management, which focused on community resilience and responses towards disaster risk reduction based on South Asian experiences, and closely examines the coordinated research activities involving all stakeholders, especially the communities at risk. Further, it narrates the experiences of disaster risk-reduction in different communities that have policy implications for mitigation of future disaster risks in the societies affected by these types of disasters. Written from the social science perspective to disasters rather than an engineering approach, the book helps development and governance institutions to prioritize disasters as a problem of development rather than being parallel to it.--