Table of Contents
Part I: Disasters, Management and Development
1. India’s Northeast: Disasters, Development and Community Resilience / Amita Singh
2. Natural Disasters in the North-East: Crucial Role of Academia in Saving Lives / P.P. Shrivastav
3. Regional Climate Changes Over Northeast India: Present and Future / A.P. Dimri , D. Kumar and M. Srivastava
4. Manipur Flood 2015: Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies / Bupinder Zutshi
5. Lessons from Manipur: Managing Earthquake Risk in a Changing Built Environment / Kamal Kishore and Chandan Ghosh
6. Varying Disasters—Problems and Challenges for Development in Manipur / Jason Shimray
7. Manipur’s Tryst with Disaster Management Act, 2005 / Nivedita P. Haran
8. Reviving ‘Public Policy’ and Triggering ‘Good Governance’: A Step Towards Sustainability / Pankaj Choudhury
9. Role of Heavy Machinery in Disaster Management / Keshav Sud
Part II: Vulnérabilité Studies
10. Co-Seismic Slip Observed from Continuous Measurements: From the 2016 Manipur Earthquake (Mw = 6.7) / Arun Kumar and L. Sunil Singh
11. Post-Earthquake Geodisaster of 6.7 Mw Manipur Earthquake 2016 / P.S. Ningthoujam , L.K. Lolee , C.S. Dubey, Z.P. Gonmei , L. Thoithoi and T. Oinam
12. Landslide Zonation in Manipur Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies / R. K. Chingkhei
13. Building a Resilient Community Against Forest Fire Disasters in the Northeast India / P. K. Joshi , Anusheema Chakraborty and Roopam Shukla
14. The Khuga Dam—A Case Study / Langthianmung Vualzong , Aashita Dawer and Nivedita P. Haran
15 Dams and Disasters in the Northeast India: A Collateral ‘Ethical’ Relationship / Prasenjit Biswas
16. Achieving Last Mile Delivery: Overcoming the Challenges in Manipur / Sukhreet Bajwa
Part III: Accomplishing Community Resilience
17. A Study of Socio-economic Community Resilience in Manipur / Thiyam Bharat Singh
18. ‘Living with Floods’: An Analysis of Floods Adaptation of Mising Community—A Case Study of Jiadhal River / Tapan Pegu
19. Role of CBOs in Resilience Building: Good Practices and Challenges / Thongkholal Haokip
20. Floods, Ecology and Cultural Adaptation in Lakhimpur District, Assam / Ngamjahao Kipgen and Dhiraj Pegu
21. Disaster and Resilience Building among Women in Manipur / Mondira Dutta
22. Community Resilience Building and the Role of Paitei Tribe of Churachandpur in Manipur / M. Pauminsang Guite and Langthianmung Vualzong
23. Urban Risks to Hazards: A Study of the Imphal Urban Area / Sylvia Yambem
24. Community Awareness on Landslide Disaster: ‘Experience of Nagaland’ / Supongsenla Jamir and N. U. Khan
25. Risk Perception and Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study of Noney, Tamenglong District / Homolata Borah
26. Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building During Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka Vis-à-Vis Churachandpur / Priyanka Jha and G. V. C. Naidu