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Multi-hazard Disaster Risk and Resilience

Deltas and Coastal Systems in the Global South

  • 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Indrajit Pal, Andy Large, Mashfiqus Salehin, Hue Le
  • Language: English

Multi-hazard Disaster Risk and Resilience: Deltas and Coastal Systems in the Global South explores climate change adaptation strategies, integrated coastal zone management, and ec… Read more

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Description

Multi-hazard Disaster Risk and Resilience: Deltas and Coastal Systems in the Global South explores climate change adaptation strategies, integrated coastal zone management, and ecosystem services for disaster risk reduction. Diving into these dynamic environments, the book uncovers sustainable practices and resilience-building measures in the face of escalating natural and anthropogenic hazards. The primary focus of this textbook is to offer an overview of various techniques and processes for building systems and communities that are resilient to multiple hazards. Structured into sixteen chapters, this textbook offers foundational concepts and practical strategies essential for understanding critical ecosystems with an in-depth analysis of multi-hazard risks and resilience. Following this, chapters map the impacts of climate change on fragile environments and detail strategies for fostering resilience. Each chapter provides a holistic view of the interplay between natural and anthropogenic factors, guiding readers through a landscape of practical solutions and innovative approaches to enhance sustainability and resilience within these vital ecosystems. Multi-hazard Disaster Risk and Resilience: Deltas and Coastal Systems in the Global South is a foundational guide for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in environmental science, disaster management, and coastal resilience. It is equally beneficial for researchers, practitioners, and professionals in the fields of disaster risk reduction, environmental sustainability, and coastal management. The book offers additional resources such as maps and data sets to support student learning and hands-on engagement.

Key features

  • Addresses the impacts of climate change on delta, coastal, and estuarine ecosystems
  • Discusses ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
  • Explores integrated coastal zone management techniques for building long-term coastal resilience
  • Showcases the intergenerational experiences and adaptations to environmental changes in delta regions
  • Serves as a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduate students studying disaster management and climate change adaptation, as well as researchers and professionals
  • Includes datasets, case studies, and maps for enhanced learning

Readership

Students in undergraduate courses on Disaster Management and Resilience

Table of contents

1. Introduction to the book

2. Multi-hazards in delta and coastal systems

3. Risk in delta and coastal ecosystems

4. Livelihood Strategies for Sustainability in Different Socio-Ecological Systems in Coastal Bangladesh

5. Experiences of environmental change: An Intergenerational Research in the Mekong Delta

6. Modeling of potential tsunami hazards and efforts to increase community capacity in Indonesia

7. Estimating loss and damage by cyclone Amphan, in highest risk prone coastal district of West Bengal, India, using Sustainable Livelihood

8. Vulnerabilities to Coastal Hazards and Climate Change

9. Effects of Climate Disasters on Folk Professions and Adaptation Strategies: A Case Study in the Sundarban Region of Bangladesh

10. Enhancing Delta Sustainability: An In-Depth Assessment of a Climate-Inclusive Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100

11. Chapter From Risk to Resilience: A Community Based Resilience Against Coastal Hazard, Case study in Tourism Village, Kuta Central Lombok

12. InVEST model simulation of climate and land use changes on nutrient export in Tra Vinh Province, Vietnamese Mekong Delta

13. Assessment of habitat quality in mangrove areas in the Mekong Delta

14. Nature Based Approach and Community Resilience in Khaolak, Phang-nga

15. Chapter Modern trends for risk and vulnerability assessment

16. Resilience building in delta and coastal ecosystems

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Indrajit Pal

Dr. Indrajit Pal, an associate professor in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management program at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, brings over 21 years of expertise in disaster risk governance, hazard assessment, CBDRM, public health risk, and disaster resilience. With a distinguished background, he previously contributed to the Centre for Disaster Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India. Dr. Pal holds a pivotal role as a Board member of the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Japan, and serves as a Visiting Professor at Keio University. His advisory contributions extend to Disaster Risk Reduction for the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). Dr. Pal is a prolific author and editor, with a portfolio of 15 books and over 180 peer-reviewed papers and chapters. Leading impactful projects in the Asia-Pacific region, his research focuses on risk characterization in Asian Delta communities and climate resilience in Lao PDR.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, India

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Andy Large

Andy Large is a Professor of River Science in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. Andy has over three decades of experience in researching river and wetland ecosystems, focusing on how extreme events and climate change affect catchment vulnerability and resilience. He develops novel approaches to quantifying social and physical effects of flooding and assesses how rivers benefit society though ecosystem services provision. Andy Large is Principal Investigator and Director of the UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub (2019-24) funded by UK Government through their Global Challenges Research Fund. Working in equitable partnership with delta communities, researchers, government ministries, international agencies, NGOs and with a focus on impacts of climate change on delta society and adaptation approaches, the Living Deltas Hub co-produces knowledge with communities and policymakers towards better resilience for three major mega-deltas in South and Southeast Asia. Andy’s work focuses on secure and equitable delta livelihood achievement and associated evidence building through research and stakeholder capacity strengthening at appropriate levels and with a natural-cultural heritage-sensitive approach.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of River Science, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK

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Mashfiqus Salehin

Mashfiqus Salehin is a professor of hydrology and water resources management at IWFM, BUET. During his 29 years of research and academic career, Prof Salehin has researched on a variety of technical and interdisciplinary issues, including large basin (GBM) scale hydrology, coastal hydrogeology and saline water intrusion, disaster vulnerability and risk analysis, simulations for climatic and socio-economic scenarios, climate change adaptation, socio-eco-technical approaches to water management, integrated analysis and modeling of physical and human systems, physical process-water security-livelihood dynamics, water security and poverty risk characterization, and transboundary water management. He has led and co-led several Bangladeshi research consortiums in large international collaborative projects (e.g., UKRI Living Deltas Hub; REACH: Improving Water Security for the Poor; Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in Populous Deltas – ESPA Deltas; Deltas, vulnerabilities and climate change: Migration and Adaptation – DECCMA; Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Actions – 4As; and Transnational Policy Dialogue for Improved Water Governance of Brahmaputra River – Brahmaputra Dialogue). He has served in several government expert committees and institutional governing boards, linked to Bangladesh Water Development Board, Joint Rivers Commission- Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, Support to the Implementation of the BDP (SIBDP), Sustainable Development Goal 6, and Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management, BUET, Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh

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Hue Le

Dr. Hue Le is senior researcher and lecturer at Vietnam National University Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES) in Hanoi. Dr. Le’s research focuses on natural resource management, land tenure, and gender. Her scholarship examines the differentiating effects of macro policy and how social differentiation and power relations affect the way in which different classes of people use the resources and income that each class earns from forest-related resources. She has published numerous books and articles in international journals, including a recent book from Springer Press: ‘Competing for Land, Mangroves and Marine Resources in Coastal Vietnam’.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Vietnam National University Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Hanoi, Vietnam