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The Vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A Study of Disasters and Response Punam Tripathi 1st edition
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The Vulnerable Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A Study of Disasters and Response
Punam Tripathi
This first full-length book addresses disasters in the context of vulnerability of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that comprise 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal. It looks at the disasters that the islands have experienced in the last 200 years and analyzes major disasters since colonization by the British.
Raising some critical questions, this book attempts to understand the overall profile of disasters ? the facts, causes, damage, response and recovery ? in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It discusses earthquakes, cyclones, tsunami and epidemics, as well as impacts of World War II, the penal colony and the post-Independence resettlement on the tribal population. The work will serve as a rich resource with its detailed tables, figures, maps and diagrams; appendices; and database ranging from travelogues, Census of India reports and fieldwork to Right to Information (RTI) petitions that collect hitherto unknown facts.
The book will be useful to students of geography, disasters and disasters management, climate and environmental studies, history, sociology, island and ocean studies, and South Asian studies.
334 pages, 57 Line drawings, black and white; 64 Tables, black and white; 57 Illustrations, black an
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 20, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138062368 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 334 |
| Dimensions | 271 × 147 × 25 mm · 524 g |
| Language | English |
