Browsing by Subject "hazards"
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Natural hazards, disasters and human kind: Whither ecosystem management?
(Cafet-Innova Technical Society, 2013)Natural hazards such as yearly storm surges that create irreplaceable damage, the December 2004 tsunami that demolished large parts of the Indian coast, and the June 2013 Himalayan floods that swept river banks proved yet ... -
Preliminary results of an oilspill risk analysis for the Bombay High Region
(Publ. and Inf. Dir., New Delhi, India, 1994)An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Bombay High, Maharashtra, India. The likely paths of oilslicks, and locations of resources ... -
Protective role of coastal ecosystems in the context of the tsunami in Tamil Nadu coast, India: Implications for hazard preparedness
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)To assess the damage caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004, post-tsunami field surveys were undertaken during January and April, 2005 from Chennai to Velankanni along the Tamil Nadu coast. Beach profiles ...