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Disaster Risk Reduction in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India


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1 G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, India
2 Hazard, Risk and Disaster Research Group, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath BA29BN, United States
 

The rugged landscape of the Indian Himalayan region elevates the risk of hazard events and holds back socioeconomic development opportunities for remote and vulnerable communities. Particularly notable are landslides, floods, forest fires and earthquakes. A recent international assessment of disaster impacts (1996–2015) revealed that India as a whole suffered the fifth largest mortality, especially related to flood events1.
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Authors

Jagdish Chandra Kuniyal
G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora 263 643, India
Richard Johnson
Hazard, Risk and Disaster Research Group, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath BA29BN, United States
Esther Edwards
Hazard, Risk and Disaster Research Group, Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath BA29BN, United States

Abstract


The rugged landscape of the Indian Himalayan region elevates the risk of hazard events and holds back socioeconomic development opportunities for remote and vulnerable communities. Particularly notable are landslides, floods, forest fires and earthquakes. A recent international assessment of disaster impacts (1996–2015) revealed that India as a whole suffered the fifth largest mortality, especially related to flood events1.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi4%2F557-559