Disaster Management in Himachal Pradesh

Disaster management is a collective term encompassing all aspects of planning for and responding to disasters, including both pre-post disasters activities. The purpose of this book is to highlight nature and cause of natural and man made disasters in Himachal Pradesh and primary emphasis is to analyze the role of Disaster Management in Himachal Pradesh. The conceptual frame work of this book have been divided into 8 Chapters. 1st Chapter is Introduction. 2nd Chapter deals with the Disasters in Himachal Pradesh. 3rd Chapter Concerned with Prevention Mitigation and Risk Reduction Strategies for Disasters. 4th Chapter related to Policy Framework and Organization Disaster Management in Himachal Pradesh. 5th Chapter analyses the role of NGOs, CBOs and VOs in Disaster Management. 6th Chapter emphasis the Role of Media in Disaster Management. 7th Chapter highlight the role of Information, Education, Communication and Training in Disaster Management. Last but not least 8 Chapter examine with the Problems and Challenges in the Disaster Management System.This book will be helpful to Administration, NGOs, CBOs, VOs, arm force, Police and other concerned departments.