01572nam a22001337a 4500020002200000082001800022100002100040245008100061260002800142300001500170504002700185520113600212650009001348  a978-1-138-32355-1  b954.88aTRI-V  aTripathi, Punam   aVulnerable Andaman and Nicobar islandsb: a study of diasasters and response  aLondonbRoutledgec2018  axix, 334p.  aIncluded Bibliography   aThis first full-length book addresses disasters in the context of vulnerability of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that comprise 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal. It looks at the disasters that the islands have experienced in the last 200 years and analyzes major disasters since colonization by the British.


Raising some critical questions, this book attempts to understand the overall profile of disasters – the facts, causes, damage, response and recovery – in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It discusses earthquakes, cyclones, tsunami and epidemics, as well as impacts of World War II, the penal colony and the post-Independence resettlement on the tribal population. The work will serve as a rich resource with its detailed tables, figures, maps and diagrams; appendices; and database ranging from travelogues, Census of India reports and fieldwork to Right to Information (RTI) petitions that collect hitherto unknown facts.

The book will be useful to students of geography, disasters and disasters management, climate and environmental studies, history, sociology, island and ocean studies, and South Asian studies.  aNatural disasters	vAndaman and Nicobar  IslandszIndia--Andaman and Nicobar Islands