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Natural Hazards Research Working Paper #103 titled “Mitigation and the Consequences of International Aid in Post-disaster Reconstruction” by Priya Ranganathan.

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/wp/wp103/wp103.html

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Earthquake engineering Lessons from recent Indian earthquakes:

Damaging earthquakes provide excellent full-scale test results on real-life structures; such results involve no modeling errors or approximations. Moreover, the results are for everyone to see and no sophisticated interpretation of results by the “experts” is required.

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/lessons-dr.jain.htm  

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Preparing for Earthquakes- Where India stands:

Understanding earthquakes is an on-going process. Two questions are most frequently asked: (a) Why do earthquakes occur? and (b) Can we predict earthquakes? Let us address the first one. There is a large differential pressure and temperature between the center of the Earth and its surface; the pressure inside is about 4 million atmospheres and the temperature about 6000°C.

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/preparing.htm 

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Papers on earthquake engineering published by NICEE, IIT Kanpur:

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/subpages/publications.htm 

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Journals:

Disasters is published for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) by Blackwell Publishers. Founded in 1960, The ODI is an independent research institute and a forum for discussion of the problems facing developing countries. Pl. go to the link to know about the journal

http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/journals/DISA/descript.htm 

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The Natural Hazards Center and other disaster related publications and periodicals

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/ 

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 ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology : Goes Online

The ISET Journal of Earthquake Technology is published quarterly in the months of March, June, September, and December by the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET). It was first published in 1964 under the name of Bulletin of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology and subsequently was given its present name effective from 1998.

http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vinaykg/iset.html

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INCEDE Newsletter

INCEDE Newsletters Carries articles on general topics related to disaster-mitigation, reports on recent natural disasters and publishes current activities of INCEDE and its network members.

http://incede.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication.htm 

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Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment

A Journal which has made the unique effort to bring together under one cover, Researchers in Chemistry and Environment and their deeply significant inter-relationship. The journal emphasizes the interdependence and inter-relationship between chemical science and environmental sciences. Go to http://www.chemenviron.com/  

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Asian Disaster Management News

It is indeed a great pleasure to offer you this new" issue of the Asian Disaster Management News. We have made an attempt to develop a format that will serve the needs of the disaster management community in a better way. The current issue discusses Networking as the central theme.

Go to http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/infores/newsletter/1997/editor-1.html  

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Books:

India Disasters Report: Towards a policy Initiative - edited by S. Parasuraman and P.V. Unnikrishnan

http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195650298.html 

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Reports:

A report on Gujarat Earthquake: 

http://www.gujaratindia.com/pmreport.html 

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A comprehensive study on the structures of Kutch affected by earthquake, by NICEE at IIT Kanpur:

Learning From Earthquakes Project : A field report on structural and geotechnical damages sustained during the 26 January 2001 M7.9 Bhuj Earthquake in Western India

http://www.nicee.org/NICEE/Gujarat/gujaratslides/gujarat_slides.htm 

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The Pernicious Effect of using Statistics for Long Return Period Events:

The Statistical probability of an earthquake occurring in a given place or time is often used to make critical decision in hazard mitigation. This anecdote is presented so readers can consider the potential impact of relying solely on statistics to implement policy.  

http://www.nicee.org/NICEE/viewpoint.htm 

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UNICEF Report on the Drought and Floods in India

Drought in India: The severe drought that hit several states in India during the first half of the year was followed by floods in many parts of the country. While both water scarcity in summer and floods during the monsoon are seasonal phenomena, their recurrence requires a long-term strategy for better water management. It should be underlined that India is affected by other such recurrent natural disasters, such as cyclones. Go to http://www.unicef.org/emerg/India22Aug.html 

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Practical Lessons for the Loma Prieta Earthquake

 Report from a symposium sponsored by the Geotechnical Board and the Board on Natural Disasters of the National Reseach Council – entire report available online.

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The UN System Response to the Gujarat Earthquake Immediate Needs and Action Plan

The United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) in India has prepared this document under the leadership of the United Nations Resident Coordinator. It presents an outline of crucial activities that United Nations bodies in India have undertaken and can support in response to the devastating earthquake that struck the Indian State of Gujarat on 26 January 2001.

http://www.un.org.in/dmt/guj/unresguj80201.htm 

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Chamoli (Himalaya, India) Earthquake of 29 March 1999

The Chamoli earthquake of 29 March 1999 in northern India is yet another important event from the viewpoint of Himalayan seismotectonics and seismic resistance of non-engineered constructions. The earthquake occurred in a part of the Central Himalaya, which  is highly prone to earthquakes and has been placed in the highest seismic zone (zone V) of India.

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/subpages/field-chamoli/chamolidocument.htm 

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Lessons from past disasters go unheeded

A small but useful article on lessons from disasters by Tim Radford, the science editor of The Guardian.

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A New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plan Unit

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Practical Lessons for the Loma Prieta Earthquake

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Observations on Engineering Aspects of the Jabalpur Earthquake of 22 May 1997:

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/subpages/field-jabalpur/jabalpur-document.htm 

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The September 29, 1993, M6.4 Killari, Maharashtra Earthquake in Central India:

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/subpages/field-killari/killaridocument.htm 

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Garhwal Earthquake of Oct. 20, 1991:

On October 20, 1991, at 2.53 a.m. local time, an earthquake occurred in the Garhwal Himalayas in northern India. The earthquake caused strong ground shaking in the district of Uttarkashi, Tehri, and Chamoli in the state of  Uttar Pradesh (Figure 1). Official information indicates that population of about 307,000 in 1,294 villages were effected; 768 persons died while 5,066 were injured .

http://www.nicee.org/frontpage/subpages/field-uttarkashi/uttarkashi-document.htm 

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On Better Engineering Preparedness: Lessons from the 1988 Bihar Earthquake

The rather moderate sized (magnitude 6.6) Bihar earthquake of August 21, 1988 demonstrated clearly that the Indian Engineering profession is far from prepared for a larger earthquake. During the author's extensive travel within the areas affected by this earthquake, it became clearer that the engineering community should immediately initiate serious and coordinated efforts to prepare for the possibility of a large earthquake in many parts of India or nearby countries.