Indigenous knowledge and disaster risk reduction : from practice to policy
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Indigenous knowledge and disaster risk reduction : from practice to policy
(Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series)
Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Available at 8 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has been practised in communities over time. There are several news after major disasters on how these IK has been effective to protect the lives and properties of people and communities. Some of the IK has been orally transmitted and some are documented by local organisations sporadically. Asia, being one of the most disaster prone areas in the world, people and communities has developed their coping mechanisms over time, which is reflected in the form of IK. While many organisations recognise the importance of IK for disaster risk reduction (DRR), there has been few systematic study on analysing the principles of IK and its applicability to the modern context. The book is one of the first and unique attempts of systematic study of IK in DRR. The key challenge will start after the publishing of the book: to make it a useful reference materials for decision making, research, implementation and documentation. The target of the book is professionals, practitioners, researchers and graduate students in the related field.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge & Disaster Risk Reduction
- Indigenous Knowledge & Disaster Reduction in Mountain Ecosystem
- Indigenous Knowledge & Disaster Reduction in Coastal Areas
- Indigenous Knowledge in River Basin Management
- Water Resource Management, Climate Change & Indigenous Knowledge
- Indigenous knowledge of housing & disaster risk reduction
- Indigenous Knowledge, Science & Education for Sustainable Development
- Communication tools & indigenous knowledge
- Integrating Indigenous & Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Decision making & indigenous knowledge
- Local knowledge on flood preparedness in Eastern Terai of Nepal
- Practical Indigenous Knowledge in UC Hilcot, Mansehra, Pakistan
- Indigenous Knowledge & Natural Resource Management in the Philippines
- Indigenous Knowledge of the Ivatans in Batanes Islands, Philippines
- Indigenous Knowledge for Tsunami Early Warning in Simeulue, Indonesia
- Indigenous knowledge & coastal zone management in the Maldives
- Application of Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Pacific Islands
- Utilising Indigenous Knowledge for Building Disaster Resilience in Tuvalu
- Indigenous Knowledge of Flood Risk Management in Bangladesh
- Indigenous Knowledge for River Management & Flood Control in Japan
- Disaster Risk Reduction in Papua New Guinea: Integrating Indigenous & Scientific Knowledge
- Indigenous Knowledge of Water Management System in China
- Indigenous Knowledge of Farming Practices & Water Management in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
- Transition of Local Rule in a Water-side Community in Gujo-Hachiman, Japan
- Indigenous Knowledge & its Adaptability Experiences in India
- Earthquake Safe Traditional Housing Practices in India
- Indigenous Knowledge on house building system in West Sumatra & Southern west Java, Indonesia
- Transferring Indigenous Knowledge through Rural Tele-centers: Lessons & Perspective from India
- Indigenous Knowledge on disaster risk reduction & decision making in India
- Indigenous Knowledge & Decision Making in Vietnam: Living with Floods in An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- Index.
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