Georgia Blue

The first necessary step for any serious contemplation of disaster-reduction strategies as well as climate change policies is risk and vulnerability measurement. It is an emerging technique that can systematically assess and analyze vulnerability and risk due to future possible climatic hazards and can reveal many adverse effects that are led by climate-induced disasters on society. It helps both the state and society prepare and adopt adequate and successful measures for reducing the risk factors. This measurement can show direction for preventing losses, leading toward preparedness to reduce recovery time rather than dependence on relief and reconstruction. It can also help decisionmakers prioritize their intervention for proactive disaster mitigation strategies and climate change policies. This book has assessed the pattern of climate-induced disaster in Gujarat and argues that disasters and development are mutually related. This book explores a regional model for assessing the pattern of vulnerability within the state by identifying the determinants of vulnerability existing in the state. It provides the ways and means of integrating risk-reduction strategies into development planning and climate change policies. The book carries a detailed foreword by the eminent scholar Professor Y. K. Alagh, chancellor, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.