02529oam 2200445 450 991029838560332120190911112727.081-322-1566-410.1007/978-81-322-1566-0(OCoLC)864870005(MiFhGG)GVRL6VLO(EXLCZ)99371000000007534820140915d2014 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrDisaster education and management a joyride for students, teachers, and disaster managers /Rajendra Kumar Bhandari1st ed. 2014.New Delhi :Springer,2014.1 online resource (xxviii, 349 pages) illustrations (chiefly color)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.81-322-1565-6 Includes bibliographical references.Disaster Education-the Silver Bullet -- Disaster Terminology -- The world of Hazards and Disasters -- From Belief to the Basics of Disasters -- The New Awakening -- Prediction and Forecasting of Natural Disasters -- Lessons in Disaster Management -- Guide to Safety -- Annexure 1: Know about Some Major Disasters -- Annexure 2: References for Popular and Advanced reading -- They lived safely thereafter.The book is expressly written for the young minds because they are our best hope for a safer tomorrow. The book is profusely illustrated, as it offers a joyride to the world of the whole range of hazards through simplified teaching-learning process, with less of teaching and more of learning. This is because most readers would love to learn without actually being taught. The book is designed to take advantage of distilled wisdom of centuries to inspire and enlighten the common man to turn them into prime movers of safer societies. Senior citizens, community leaders, self-trained disaster managers, social workers, media personnel, bureaucrats and those averse to the very thought of reading will also find the book useful as it is illustrative and inviting.DisastersEmergency managementDisasters.Emergency management.904.5Bhandari Rajendra Kumarauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut751835MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910298385603321Disaster education and management1511384UNINA